Behaviours, defoverridable and implementations

[dimitarvp]

@josevalim

I am unsure of what you are asking. If you are talking about data types, Elixir provides both closed ad-hoc polymorphism via pattern matching on function clauses and open ad-hoc polymorphism via protocols (which are close to interfaces). Parametric polymorphism (aka generics) is not a concern, as Elixir is a dynamic language, but that’s not supported by Go anyway.

The other form of polymorphism common to languages is subtype polymorphism but I don’t think that would apply to Elixir or Go.

I keep getting mixed up between behaviours and protocols. My mistake. I did additional reading and I am withdrawing my original questions. Apologies!