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spec: Imprecise wording regarding assignments to variables of interface type #17991

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go101 opened this issue Nov 20, 2016 · 2 comments
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spec: Imprecise wording regarding assignments to variables of interface type #17991

go101 opened this issue Nov 20, 2016 · 2 comments
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go101 commented Nov 20, 2016

In Go spec https://golang.org/ref/spec#Interface_types:

..., A variable of interface type can store a value of any type with a method set that is any superset of the interface. ...

Here, if the "any type" is an interface type, then it should be said as "... store a dynamic value ...".
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robpike commented Nov 20, 2016

It's tricky, because there's a difference between "store" and "be assigned".

Perhaps it should be s/any/any non-interface/.

@griesemer griesemer changed the title Inaccurate Wording in Go spec spec: Imprecise wording regarding assignments to variables of interface type Nov 21, 2016
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Duplicate of #5288.

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