On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:15 AM, Alessandro Re <akirosspo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering if it is useful to redefine basic data types, for example > > type int int32 > > or, as in my case that I am dealing with CGO > > type int C.int
Yes, although it will only affect the package being compiled. > Besides being possible, and probably not really practical, is it safe? Are > there any practical use cases where redefining some basic data types can be > a good idea? It is safe. But it is likely to be confusing for any readers. And it can make it hard to call other packages that use a different definition of `int`. So I'd have to say that this is never practical. 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.
