My one concern with making it an alias is error messages.
If the source code says "any", I think so should the error messages.
Currently, the compiler forgets aliases too early
<https://play.golang.org/p/m8o9JiOyy9z>.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 7:08 PM roger peppe <rogpe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 at 15:24, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 12:37 AM 'Axel Wagner' via golang-nuts <
>> golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Just to clarify, the intent is to make the declaration in the spec `type
>>> any = interface{}`, not `type any interface{}`, correct? The latter would
>>> be more analogous to `error`. Either has certain advantages and
>>> disadvantages, I'm not sure which I prefer, but I just want to make sure I
>>> understand the plan :)
>>>
>>
>> I've been thinking of a type alias rather than a defined type, but I'm
>> not sure which is best. It would be interesting to hear whether anybody
>> has a clear preference, and why.
>>
>
> My vote is for a type alias. Using a named type doesn't make any
> difference for type parameter constraints, and I'd prefer it if
> "[]interface{}" and "[]any" (or other types involving interface{}) weren't
> incompatible types. "interface{}" is currently a nice universally
> understood type - I don't think it's worth splitting it into two distinct
> types.
>
> cheers,
> rog.
>
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>
>
>> Ian
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