This has been discussed in the proposal issue: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/41190#issuecomment-722342397 I'm not sure this will give you a satisfactory answer, but at least it proves the team is aware :)
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 4:14 PM diegoaugu...@gmail.com < diegoaugustomol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I was reading https://tip.golang.org/pkg/io/fs/#File and noticed that > interface File is not embedding io.ReadCloser. Even though the signature of > the methods are identical, It would probably be a good idea to embed > io.ReadCloser (or both io.Reader and io.Closer) to state the intention of > making them compatible (and also have the excellent documentation on how to > implement those methods). > So my actual question could be rephrased: is io/fs.File's Read and Close > methods intended to be used in the exact same way as io.ReadCloser? If so, > is there a reason why it is re-defining those two methods on its own? If > not, wouldn't it be better to have different method names to avoid any > confusion? > > Thank you! > > -- > 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/5d7238d9-ce52-4c5d-95b2-c0d0a5346a7bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/5d7238d9-ce52-4c5d-95b2-c0d0a5346a7bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAEkBMfEFQQ%2B4KGiGNCNPOYzf%3DY%2BUYDwtevC8vd6fgUq6-5v0QA%40mail.gmail.com.
