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I would assume that there will be a huge temptation to rewrite the standard library once macros are a normal language feature. For the language macros might be
by qznc 12y ago
I would assume that there will be a huge temptation to rewrite the standard library once macros are a normal language feature. For the language macros might be purely additive, but for the API designer it is a big difference.
- steveklabnik 12y agoGiven that Rust developers have had macro access for a long time now, I don't think that's true. Or at least, I don't think that the standard library would be any different if macros were stable. Something like HKT would, though, and is already being considered with regards to the standard library's design.
- general_failure 12y agoHad to google that http://www.hydrocodedesign.com/2014/04/02/higher-kinded-types/ http://www.hydrocodedesign.com/2014/04/02/higher-kinded-type...