I'm not entirely sure. I don't think your phrasing is correct, as it doesn't represent what happens if the integer value exceeds the range of valid codepoints (i.e. if it needs more than 32 bits to represent). That being said, the sentence as is also isn't really precise about it. From what I can tell, the result is not valid UTF-8 in any case.
I think it might make sense to file an issue about this, though in general that conversion is deprecated anyway and gets flagged by `go vet` (and `go test`) because it is not what's usually expected. So I'm not sure how important it is to get this exactly right and understandable. On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 5:17 PM Kamil Ziemian <kziemian...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have some hair splitting question. In the "Conversions to and from a > string type" we read: > "Converting a signed or unsigned integer value to a string type yields a > string containing the UTF-8 representation of the integer." > > Would it be more corrected to say, that conversion from integer to string > gives you UTF-8 representation of code point described by value of the > integer? Or maybe it is indeed representation of integer described by UTF-8 > specification? > > Best regards, > Kamil > czwartek, 28 października 2021 o 19:33:27 UTC+2 Kamil Ziemian napisał(a): > >> Hello, >> >> From what I understand proper Gopher read at least one time "The Go >> Programming Language Specification" (https://golang.org/ref/spec) and >> now I need to read it too. >> >> I learn something of Extended Backus-Naur Form to understand it, so if I >> say something stupid beyond belief, I hope you will forgive me. In the >> first part "Notation" (https://golang.org/ref/spec#Notation) I believe >> that I understand meaning of all concepts except of "production_name". On >> one hand "production_name" means that it is name of the production, not >> rocket science here. On the other, after reading about EBNF I feel that I >> should have more information about it. Can you explain it to me? >> >> Again I'm new to EBNF, so maybe this is stupid question. >> >> Best >> Kamil >> >> -- > 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/06347585-fd2c-4bfa-9527-3439389c6414n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/06347585-fd2c-4bfa-9527-3439389c6414n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAEkBMfGE9rLy_DTSwq1rwFzUUSWHXeKa9qLvCeUzP72ihuVDzw%40mail.gmail.com.
