On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:33:45 PM UTC+8, amk...@gmail.com 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 > >> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
