Hi Axel, Okay, that helps! Thanks for the details.
Regards dharani On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 1:38 AM Axel Wagner <axel.wagner...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > this has come up on the issue as well. Robert Griesemer provided an > explanation > <https://github.com/golang/go/issues/56351#issuecomment-1601751291>: > > If the argument type (the type of the argument provided to clear) is a >> type parameter (is of type parameter type), all types in its type set (in >> the type set of the constraint corresponding to the type parameter) must be >> maps or slices, and clear performs the operation corresponding to the >> actual type argument (corresponding to the type of the actual type argument >> with which the type parameter was instantiated). > > > That is, the sentence is about this situation: > > func Clear[T, any, S ~[]T](s S) { > clear(s) > } > func main() { > Clear(make([]int, 42)) > } > > In this case, the type of s is S, which is a type parameter. So `clear` > performs the operation corresponding to the type argument - in this example > []int. > > The sentence is a bit confusing (I've seen this question come up four > times now), so it probably should be clarified a bit. > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 9:06 AM Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan < > vdhar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Go 1.21 introduces a new clear() builtin function. I see this text in >> https://tip.golang.org/ref/spec#Clear: >> >> clear(t) type parameter see below >> >> If the argument type is a type parameter >> <https://tip.golang.org/ref/spec#Type_parameter_declarations>, all types >> in its type set must be maps or slices, and clear performs the operation >> corresponding to the actual type argument. >> >> I am not able to make sense of it. What does this mean? Any examples on >> the usage? >> >> Appreciate your help. >> >> Thanks >> dharani >> >> -- >> 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/CAN-HoCn99D-m71aJr3DRzCJvk_c7h8OhG2O4wPC-1Wd2ruEYNg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAN-HoCn99D-m71aJr3DRzCJvk_c7h8OhG2O4wPC-1Wd2ruEYNg%40mail.gmail.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/CAN-HoCnjqOpDJjqsj9j%3DDQrvocHbhSvUx2bWOi%2BpRFKiWhv6jQ%40mail.gmail.com.
