On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 8:22 PM Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 2:28 AM Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote:
>
> > To simplify the common case of a type parameter that has
> > no constraints, we will introduce a new predeclared identifier “any”
> > as an alias for “interface{}”.
>
> Anyone can write the declaration
>
> type any = interface{}
>
> today and possibly some people already do that. But in my opinion that
> would, so far, not pass a code review within the Go project per se.
> (It would definitely not pass my code review.)
>
> I don't like it and It makes me sad it is being proposed to become
> officially blessed.
Is "any" truly an alias for interface{}, or is it only a constraint? I
agree with Jan's point that replacing interface{} with "any" might
unintentionally encourage its use.
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