It boils down to the meaning of interface{}.
interface{} means interface{} and _not_ "any type".
While you can assign anything to a variable of type interface{}
this does not mean that a variable of type interface{} _is_
"any type". There is no "any type" type in Go.
V.
On Sunday, 23 February 2020 10:12:27 UTC+1, Glen Huang wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a function that accepts an argument of type map[string]interface{},
> and I also have a value of type map[string]int.
>
> Currently it seems I can't directly pass the value to the function. Is
> there anyway I can directly coerce it or a new value of the exact matching
> type must be created?
>
> I find it quite surprising that you can directly assign any variables to
> interface{} but not when they are both "scoped inside" a map or a slice. Is
> the asymmetry by design?
>
> Regards
>
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