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feature: Variadic generic packs and mapping expansion
#1861
This feature request requests variadic generics functionality, as well as mapping those generics. My proposed implementation of this feature request would allow the following example syntax:
---@generic R, T...
---@param fn fun(...: T...):R
---@param ... Component<T>
---@return System<R>
function System.new(fn, ...)
...
end
---@generic R
---@param System<R> self
---@param entities Entity[]
---@return R[]
function System:run()
...
end
The example code above also introduces a shorthand for variadics (line 3): whenever the parameter ... would have an unexpanded parameter pack as an argument, it is implicitly expanded. Any type can be expanded at any point by suffixing a ..., as shown in line 2.
The motivation of this request arises from an well-typed ECS implementation with object-oriented systems. Without variadic generics, it is not possible in any way I know of to allow a system to depend on any amount of components and still have well-typed parameters.