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“Magic” isn’t a rigorously defined term, so let’s ignore it. Support for macros is a huge philosophical difference between Rust and Go.
by riwsky 3y ago
“Magic” isn’t a rigorously defined term, so let’s ignore it. Support for macros is a huge philosophical difference between Rust and Go.
- jeremyloy_wt 3y agoI disagree in the context of error handling. The go ecosystem frequently utilizes `go generate` to handle boilerplate code generation. That’s the exact same way `thiserror` utilizes macros to generate plain error structs. While macros can do more, in this case it’s the same.