Forgive me if this has been asked before. I've not been able to find a diskussion about it.
A snippet like this type AppleCount uint32 var i uint32 = 7 var ac AppleCount = i will fail to compile with an error like: cannot use i (type uint32) as type AppleCount in assignment OTOH code like this: type Dictionary map[string]string var m map[string]string = make(map[string]string) var d Dictionary = m compiles just fine. There is this about type definitions in The Go Programming Language Specification: *A type definition creates a new, distinct type with the same underlying type and operations as the given type, and binds an identifier to it.* TypeDef = identifier Type . *The new type is called a defined type. It is different from any other type, including the type it is created from.* which I would take to mean that the second snippet should be invalid. Is this a bug or 'working as intended'? If it's working as intended, can anyone explain the reasoning behind this? br. Christian Surlykke -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
