The example given of using runes to split a string of digits into individual digits isn't a great one, because treating the string as an array of bytes would work just as well *in that situation*
Where it matters is when you're processing a string with codepoints > 127, for example: "hellø wörld". Those special characters are composed of multiple bytes in UTF-8, but will be presented as a single rune. -- 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/0955c660-b390-40d6-8c01-339d010730b7n%40googlegroups.com.
