Container patterns

The type parameter proposal itself mentions the container pattern — where boilerplate code is repeated for different types:

type IntList []int
type Int8List []int
type MyTypeList []MyType

are replaced by:

type List[T any] []T

Soon stdlib will start to build support into well-known packages such as sort and new packages for things like chan and slice that use generics to provide a one-stop-shop for common functionality.

The container pattern is likely the most pervasive way generics will impact Go in the immediate future.

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