[keymone]

last time i tried using funcs a lot it turned out that it's not possible to typedef a function signature and use it to pass funcs as arguments which is very unfortunate. is this by design or is it getting fixed?

[insertnickname]

You mean like this? https://play.golang.org/p/W9PYFB6LUG

[keymone]

notice that you had to repeat function signature on line 14

    print("hello", func(msg string) { ... })

when signature is much larger it becomes very annoying. something like

    print("hello", Printer(msg) { ... })

would be perfect, but something something golang generics something?

[grey-area]

Not sure what this has to do with generics, Go requires types for function arguments. If your anonymous function gets clumsy and too big in place, just use a named function not an anonymous one:

    print("hello", myprinter)

https://play.golang.org/p/3sNOeVIhqi

[keymone]

point is typedefs aren't reusable at anonymous function declarations. imo that sucks. that's all i wanted to say.

[davidarkemp2]

You could always declare the method on the Printer type...

https://play.golang.org/p/4MG8kgGEGM

[keymone]

where's the anonymous function with reuse of typedef in there?

[jerf]

No, it's just a syntax issue, not a generics issue.

Are there any manifestly-typed languages that work that way, though? I'm having trouble thinking of one, though given the number out there I won't be surprised if there is.

[keymone]

maybe there are none, but wouldn't that be really nice?