Hacker News with Generative AI: Generics

Good-bye core types; Hello Go as we know and love it (go.dev)
The Go 1.18 release introduced generics and with that a number of new features, including type parameters, type constraints, and new concepts such as type sets.

Programming Languages, Go, Generics

300 points by ingve 7 days ago | 321 comments

Implementing Generic Types in C (btmc.substack.com)
One of the most annoying things about programming in C is the lack of support for generic types, also known as parametric polymorphism.

C, Programming, Generics

89 points by sirwhinesalot 18 days ago | 44 comments

Comptime as Configuration (openmymind.net)
If you look at my httpz library, you'll notice that httpz.Server(T) is a generic. The type passed to Server serves two purposes. The first is to support an application-specific context - whatever instance of T passed into Server(T).init gets passed back to your custom HTTP handlers.

Programming, Generics, Software Design, Configuration

59 points by todsacerdoti 83 days ago | 18 comments

Type-erased generic functions for C: A modest non-proposal (duriansoftware.com)
Earlier this year, I read Martin Uecker's proposal N3212 to add parametric polymorphism to C.

C, Programming Languages, Generics

89 points by thunderbong 184 days ago | 74 comments

What's in an (Alias) Name? (go.dev)
This post is about generic alias types, what they are, and why we need them.

Generics, Programming Languages, Go

7 points by todsacerdoti 197 days ago | 0 comments

Improving _Generic in C2y (thephd.dev)

Programming, C2y, Generics

51 points by luu 242 days ago | 21 comments

'Skinny jabs': weight-loss drugs set for new boom as generic versions emerge (theguardian.com)