On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 11:42 AM peterGo <go.peter...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Amit, > > Compilers implement a specification: > > The Go Programming Language Specification > https://golang.org/ref/spec > > Conversions > > A conversion changes the type of an expression to the type specified by the > conversion. A conversion may appear literally in the source, or it may be > implied by the context in which an expression appears. > > Conversions to and from a string type > > 4. Converting a value of a string type to a slice of bytes type yields a > slice whose successive elements are the bytes of the string. > > []byte("hellø") // []byte{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', '\xc3', '\xb8'} > []byte("") // []byte{} > > MyBytes("hellø") // []byte{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', '\xc3', '\xb8'}
Thank you. > > Peter > > On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 8:24:57 PM UTC-4 amits...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Hi - My main motivation to understand this is i always had to google >> this - how to convert a string to a byte slice. >> >> Is []byte a type that has been defined in the compiler? >> >> Or, is that an internal level detail that an earlier stage (parsing) >> takes care of when the compiler sees that statement? >> >> Thanks, >> Amit > > -- > 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/34100c93-63d9-43b9-a36c-bf2aaf324c21n%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/CANODV3mQpP%2BWRetpyyVK_Q_VYeCVE_sn-9GqsqdVdyDDhK57uw%40mail.gmail.com.
