Up to now, the most convincing reason is "it is to make the language
simpler" mentioned by Ian.
Maybe Ian is right. I have seen the following code in golang src:
type hmap struct {
*[2]*[]*bmap
}
Maybe sometimes, it is really hard to judge if two types have a same
underlying representation.
On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 11:28:39 PM UTC+8, T L wrote:
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:33:45 PM UTC+8, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Look at this example code from
>> https://talks.golang.org/2012/goforc/celsius.go and you'll know why.
>>
>> Although the underlying type of Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same -
>> float32.
>> There will be no meaning if the language allow you to convert these type to
>> the underlying type float32. What's it mean for 0 = 273.15? (273.15K = 0
>> °C).
>>
>
>> Also, even for the Age type, I may use it for a person's age, you may use
>> it for a virus' age.
>> The person may live 100 years, but some virus may live only several
>> hours. Although the
>> underlying type is int, what does it mean when you compare a person's age
>> with a virus' age?
>>
>> "A type determines the set of values and operations specific to values
>> of that type."
>> type Age is not the same as type int.
>>
>
> In this example, in fact, values of Celsius and Fahrenheit (including
> float32) can be converted to other types.
>
>
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>>
>>>>>
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