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builtin: print and println do not accept multiple-value expressions like fmt.Println and others #20656

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go101 opened this issue Jun 13, 2017 · 4 comments
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builtin: print and println do not accept multiple-value expressions like fmt.Println and others #20656

go101 opened this issue Jun 13, 2017 · 4 comments
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go101 commented Jun 13, 2017 •
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Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.8.3 linux/amd64

What did you do?

package main

import "fmt"

func f1() ([]int, int, int) {
	return nil, 1, 2
}

func f2() (int, int) {
	return 1, 2
}

func main() {
	// function call nesting is ok.
	fmt.Println(f2())
	
	var s []int
	// function call nesting is ok.
	s = append(f1())
	_ = s

	// function call nestings are not ok.
	println(f2()) // multiple-value f2() in single-value context
	print(f2()) // multiple-value f2() in single-value context
}

What did you expect to see?

compile okay.

What did you see instead?

compile failed.
@mvdan mvdan changed the title inconsisten behavior for builtin functions print and println builtin: print and println do not accept multiple-value expressions like fmt.Println and others Jun 13, 2017
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mvdan commented Jun 13, 2017

Smaller reproducer on play.golang.org: https://play.golang.org/p/0MMwjZ50XU

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ALTree commented Jun 13, 2017 •
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go/types accepts it.

Similar: #15992 (with copy instead of println)

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mvdan commented Jun 13, 2017

In general it seems like you're right and this is an unexpected inconsistency - append takes ...Type just like print and println.

Then again, the print funcs are not guaranteed to stay in the language, so perhaps this was somehow done on purpose or not fixed on purpose.

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This is an implementation restriction: https://golang.org/ref/spec#Bootstrapping:

print and println need not accept arbitrary argument types, but printing of boolean, numeric, and string types must be supported.

print and println are for bootstrapping - the language never guaranteed that they be first-class built-ins. Closing.

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