Records -- current status

[Brian Goetz]

It's certainly on our list of things we'd like to think about. But we've 
got so much on our plate, we'd like to focus on getting records and 
pattern matching on a much firmer footing first.

On 3/20/2018 10:42 AM, Cyrill wrote:
>
>>> 1. What about automatically providing a copy constructor for records?
>>
>> [...]  (C# supports this through the combination of named parameters, 
>> default values, and "receiver-defaults.")  This is something we're 
>> thinking about, especially as we approach value types, but don't have 
>> a clear story on yet.
> Speaking of default values & named params, is there an effort for 
> these yet? Or is it just, as you say, not yet a clear story and thus 
> maybe a side-topic in the valhalla ML? I'd be interested to follow the 
> discussions once they come up.
>
> Kind regards,
> Cyrill Brunner