On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 7:49 PM 'Marc Michael' via golang-nuts < golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> as Go provides multi values I would expect that's possible to cast such a > multi value. Do I see it correctly, that Go does not provide it? > > Example: > > os.ReadFile returns []byte, error. > I want to cast the []byte to a string. > > content, err := os.ReadFile(path) > > Is it possible to cast the []byte directly to a string without using a > second variable? > No, it is not possible to transform the type of one return value in a multi-valued expression such as a function call. Such syntactic sugar would have limited usefulness and, in my opinion, is likely to decrease readability and thus be a source of bugs. If you find yourself needing to perform such conversions so often that such a feature is useful that suggests the APIs you're using need to be changed. -- Kurtis Rader Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CABx2%3DD9m0H-boFwAsGXu5wefwqS7cS6mDEZYbvOB99%2BCEqGHwA%40mail.gmail.com.