Indecent (language) Proposals: Part 2

This is the second part of a discussion about Go language proposals that may or may not make it into the language. Listen to part one as well!

This is the second part of a discussion about Go language proposals that may or may not make it into the language. Listen to part one as well!

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Featuring:

Daniel Martí – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteRoberto Clapis – Twitter, GitHubMat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJohnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

The proposals discussed in this episode are:

20733 - Redefine range loop variables in each iteration
12854 - Type inferred composite literals
35304 - Anonymous struct literals
21496 - Even narrower: permit type elision in nested composite literals
6386 - Constants of arbitrary types
27975 - Immutable type qualifier
29036 - Make imported symbols predictable

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