On Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 12:19:10 AM UTC+8, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 8:39 AM, T L <tapi...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > In the section of go spec: > > https://golang.org/ref/spec#Uniqueness_of_identifiers, it says: > > > > Two identifiers are different if they are spelled differently, or if > they > > appear in different packages and are not exported. Otherwise, they are > the > > same. > > > > So, two exported identifiers spelled same but in different packages are > the > > same identifiers? > > Is my understanding right? > > Yes. But don't confuse the fact that the identifiers are the same > with whether the objects that the identifiers denote are the same. > > The different handling of exported and unexported identifiers > particularly comes up with identifiers that denote struct fields or > methods, particularly when deciding how to handle embedded types and > promoted fields or methods. > > Ian >
So it is meaningless to prove two package-level identifiers, in two different packages, are the same? -- 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.
