Conversion, Not Casting
Conversion means we take the value of one type and convert it to another type.
Let's try it out in the Go playground
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
var a int
type hotdog int
var b hotdog
func main() {
a = 42
b = hotdog(a) // we can...
Read: https://blog.cloudnativefolks.org/conversion-not-casting
Conversion means we take the value of one type and convert it to another type.
Let's try it out in the Go playground
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
var a int
type hotdog int
var b hotdog
func main() {
a = 42
b = hotdog(a) // we can...
Read: https://blog.cloudnativefolks.org/conversion-not-casting