your questions don't make much sense without additional context. in particular
> this(fmt.Sprintf) looks like a vague misunderstanding of how to avoid infinite recursion in one's own Stringer interface implementation (https://golang.org/pkg/fmt/#pkg-overview): type X string func (x X) String() string { return Sprintf("<%s>", string(x)) } but it could also be about converting the result from a call to fmt.Sprintf(...) to your own type "this"... without your help there isn't much to facilitate an answer. -- 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.