Occasionally it is really useful to be able to do something like `new T()`. Without reified generics...

positr0n • last Monday at 3:13 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Occasionally it is really useful to be able to do something like `new T()`. Without reified generics that is not possible.

mrkeen • last Monday at 3:40 PM

new T? What's wrong with the old one?

Jokes aside, what's the use case for not knowing what T is until runtime?

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