Currently the predeclared types (int, bool, float32, string, etc) do not
have any methods on them. It appears to me that if they would, the generic
implementation for math.Min/Max etc could do without 'types' in interfaces
(as is currently proposed).
For example:
type Sortable[T any] interface {
Compare(T other) int
}
Suppose that int, float64, string etc all predeclare the Compare(T) int
method. Then
func Max[T Sortable[T]](a, b T) T {
if a.Compare(b) >= 0 {
return a
}
return b
}
Is this something that was considered or is this just a bad idea? (It would
require that all predeclared types expose most operators in some method
form).
One obvious benefit is that Max works for any user type as well (instead of
only predeclared types). Another benefit is that the interface{} concept
would not need to be extended (at least for the purpose of generics) with
type lists.
Markus
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