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No, not acually. Generics in Go are vastly different than templates in C++. They might be used for similar things, but whereas Go's generics actually build up
by esarbe 6y ago
No, not acually.
Generics in Go are vastly different than templates in C++. They might be used for similar things, but whereas Go's generics actually build up on Go's structural typing, templates are ... something completely different again.
I mean; C++ templates are Turing complete. They are in the same ballpark as Scala's type machinery. And I say that with adoration.
- jcelerier 6y ago> I mean; C++ templates are Turing complete. that's not a very high milestone to achieve. Even java generics are turing complete (https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.05274 https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.05274)
- esarbe 6y agoHoly crap, indeed! The older I get, the more icky I find subtyping. It just makes things messy...