lostluck commented on code in PR #25203:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/25203#discussion_r1102041421


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sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/funcx/output.go:
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@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func unfoldEmit(t reflect.Type) ([]reflect.Type, bool, error) 
{
                if ok, err := isInParam(t.In(i)); !ok {
                        return nil, false, errors.Wrap(err, 
errIllegalParametersInEmit)
                }
+               if t.In(i).Kind() == reflect.Interface || (t.In(i).Kind() == 
reflect.Pointer && t.In(i).Elem().Kind() == reflect.Interface) {

Review Comment:
   Yes. Exactly. Deny "interface{}" but allow `beam.T` et al.
   
   The "universal" types should only be referring to `beam.T` etc. Not 
arbitrary interfaces. Basically, it's important to distinguish between them 
(`beam.T` is not `beam.U`) so that for example, if a function is dropping a key 
or a value in a DoFn, we know which one is being used downstream./
   
   Users can use beam.T and similar to escape the type system, but then they 
deserve any runtime type errors they get at pipeline execution time. The 
strictness of knowing what types are used where is to help users avoid 
expensive execution time issues.



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