So, this is a known issue and is addressed in 1.8 https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16085#issuecomment-258016579
On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 6:05:02 PM UTC-4, Camilo Aguilar wrote: > > It seems they can't be converted due to the field tags being different :/ > > On Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 6:01:29 PM UTC-4, Camilo Aguilar wrote: >> >> I have a similar need. I'm using gRPC and some of my domain types are >> similar to the protobuffer messages, they pretty much have the same fields >> and types but the struct type is different. I haven't been able to convert >> them using normal means, is there any suggestion about how to go about it >> that is not manually mapping field by field? >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 2:51:29 PM UTC-5, Rob 'Commander' Pike >> wrote: >>> >>> With that out of the way, here's an even simpler version. It depends on >>> the same thing under the covers. >>> >>> http://play.golang.org/p/d87s9RksWC >>> >>> a := aaa{3} >>> b := bbb(a) >>> fmt.Println("ok", b) >>> >>> -rob >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Rob Pike <r...@golang.org> wrote: >>> >>>> If the structs are exactly the same inside, go through an unnamed type: >>>> >>>> http://play.golang.org/p/c8mNH8_CED >>>> >>>> a := aaa{3} var x struct{ CCC int } = a var b bbb = b fmt.Println("ok", >>>> b) >>>> >>>> You can assign a named type to an an unnamed type of the exact same >>>> structure. >>>> >>>> Whatever your larger intent, you don't want to do this. It's bad style >>>> and not general. >>>> >>>> -rob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- 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.
