On Tue, 18 Apr 2017, at 01:04 PM, Tad Vizbaras wrote:
> > The argument could be that slices are read-only too. Just that > "append" is special and it makes zero value slices useful. > var a []int > a[0] = 1 // Fails. > // panic: runtime error: index out of range > > I am just curious what is the reason behind not making zero maps more > useful? Is it space? A nitpick: slices are always read only. append creates a new slice, it doesn't modify the original. In that respect map and slice zero value behaviours are similar. 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.
