Comments on: Self-Referential Generics http://kohari.org/2007/03/05/self-referential-generics/ Rambling and occasional wisdom from Nate Kohari Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:50:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Functional Magic at Discord&Rhyme http://kohari.org/2007/03/05/self-referential-generics/#comment-10 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:39:28 +0000 http://kohari.org/?p=12#comment-10 [...] to me, though, so I naturally had to throw together a proof of concept. It’s another one of those ideas whose usefulness is debatable for most cases, but is interesting [...]

]]> By: Nate Kohari http://kohari.org/2007/03/05/self-referential-generics/#comment-9 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:23:07 +0000 http://kohari.org/?p=12#comment-9 Yeah, while it’s an interesting trick and useful in some situations, I’ve found that it can pollute your type hierarchy pretty quickly. Generally, except in very slim cases, I don’t think the additional type-safety is worth the fact that you have to make almost all of your types generic. :)
Thanks for the praise on Titan! If you use it, I’d love to hear about your experiences and any ideas for improving the project. Feel free to post on the user group at http://groups.google.com/group/titan-ioc-users.

]]> By: Daniel Cadenas http://kohari.org/2007/03/05/self-referential-generics/#comment-8 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:45:32 +0000 http://kohari.org/?p=12#comment-8 I also found this same trick and I’m using it in my current project.
What I found is that I enjoy the type safety gained with AbstractFoo but I miss the polymorphism AbstractFoo gave me.
This is not so bad in my particular situation but I must admit that in most situations there could be problems. Still I think it’s a good trick to know about but must be used with care.

PS: Great work with Titan, I searched a bit about DI framework alternatives and I think I will be one of your Titan beta testers ;)

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