Sum types are not the same as the trivial example above. Sum types are actually useful, for one thing.

No one is asking for sum types, what Pascal does would already be a huuuuge improvement.

But I guess Go devs love to type their beloved boilerplate, it gives fuzzy feelings.

	▲	jen20 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		It wouldn't move the needle at all except people looking to nitpick. And concretely, _I_ want Sum types in Go. I also want them in C# and every other language I might have to use.