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Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by whateveracct on Friday February 28, 2020 @01:15PM (#22444931)
I fixed my comment. I didn't mean to have equal signs in there.

Proof that `type X Y` causes the issue: https://play.golang.org/p/erfcSIe-Z7b

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Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by BarkMore on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:52PM (#22445752)
The type definition `type X Y` declares new type X with the underlying type of Y. X and Y share underlying types and nothing else.

This is a useful feature and there's nothing weird or special case about how this works. It's just not the aliasing feature you expected.

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Re:I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride by whateveracct on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:07PM (#22445867)
It's still shitty and weird behavior. Not simple at all.
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