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Re:Is Go Duck-Typed? by apta on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @05:29PM (#22488857)
It has already caused several issues in golang, and this is an example: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16474
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Re:Is Go Duck-Typed? by masklinn on Thursday March 05, 2020 @03:24AM (#22491874)
That’s a different issue. This is not just using structural interfaces but downcasting to even lower interfaces without warning. That is, the method lies about what it’s looking for.
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Re:Is Go Duck-Typed? by apta on Saturday March 07, 2020 @01:58PM (#22513304)
It will cause issues if a type implements the interface where it didn't mean to.
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