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by marcus_holmes 1065 days ago
> There is also a cost to expanding the language. The costs might outweigh the benefits, but it doesn't mean that the benefits don't exist.

Agreed. I think this is where the discussion will focus. I'm glad that historically the Go team have weighted the costs heavily, and hope they continue to do so.

I guess I'm in the minority but boilerplate really doesn't bother me. Going the other way gets too much "magic" and we lose the ability to fine-tune behaviour.