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0 pointswyager12y ago0 comments

>there are 306 mentions of {}interface

Would you be happy with a Java project with 306 mentions of Object?

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enneff12y ago· 2 in thread

I wouldn't be happy with a Java project with 306 mentions of anything.

Go's interface{} and Java's Object not the same thing, nor are they used for the same ends.

Eyeballing the Camlistore code I am not distressed by its use of interface{}. It's fine.

wyagerOP12y ago

>I wouldn't be happy with a Java project with 306 mentions of anything.

Please expand on this.

>Go's interface{} and Java's Object not the same thing,

Yes, they are. They are both the top type.

>nor are they used for the same ends.

Yes, they are. Did you ever use Java before they added Generics?

Go does not have type inheritance, so there's no such thing as "the top type".

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