On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 7:23:22 PM UTC+10, mb0 wrote: > > This is a special kind of switch called a type switch. You can read more > about it in the language specification where its part of the intrinsic > go syntax. https://golang.org/ref/spec#Switch_statements > > Because it is a special language construct you need to look at the > compiler. You probably want to check out the default gc compiler and may > start your journey here: > > https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/swt.go#L617 > > > This is really helpful, thanks.
The two questions I am left with are: How do I recognise that something is a "special language construct"; is it simply a matter of, I cannot ctrl-] to it directly, so I need to grep? And, just as importantly, how do I find out what I need to grep /for/ Regards -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/5d2cfcd6-579a-4846-8c33-0aa763a9efd9o%40googlegroups.com.
