On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:02 PM, T L <tapir....@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 12:56:57 PM UTC+8, Micky wrote: >> >> The reason is directly stated in the Go language spec: >> >> "If the type assertion holds, the value of the expression is the value >> stored in x and its type is T. If the type assertion is false, a run-time >> panic occurs." >> >> Here "hold" means if it succeeds. >> > > I know of the syntax in spec. > I just want to understand what is the deep reason for the syntax > inconsistency between map index and type assert.
Why do you think there is an inconsistency? Let me put it another way. A type assertion and a map index are two different kinds of expressions. They do different things. What kind of consistency do you expect between them? Ian -- 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.
