Convertion of various form of int slices

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Let's assume I have these types

type MyInt int
type Ints []int
type MyInts []MyInt

Using these types I define some variables

var is []int
var ints Ints
var myInts MyInts

The variables is and ints have different type, however the compiler happily compiles this line

is = ints

Similarly is and myInts have different types, but in this case the following line is not compiled because the types of the variables are different

is = myInts

So, why in the first case the difference of types does not stop comlilation, while in the second case it does stop it?

Here a simple playground that reproduces the case.

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1 Answers

One of the conditions for a valid assignment is the following:

V and T have identical underlying types but are not type parameters and at least one of V or T is not a named type.

The is variable's type []int is an unnamed type, it's underlying type is identical to itself, i.e. []int. The type of ints variable, i.e. Ints, is a named type, it's underlying type []int.

Hence the assignment is = ints is valid.

The myInts variable's type MyInts is a named type, it's underlying type is []MyInt. Type []MyInt is not identical to []int.

Hence the assignment is = myInts is not valid.

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