The rules are subtle, but under some circumstances the result
can be constant. Mention this and refer to the appropriate
section of the specification.
Fixes#27588.
Change-Id: I4beaad036db87501378fb2ef48d216742d096933
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/135519
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
As motivated by https://golang.org/design/18130-type-alias which says:
https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/18130-type-alias.md#relationship-to-byte-and-rune
> The language specification already defines byte as an alias for
> uint8 and similarly rune as an alias for int32, using the word alias
> as an informal term. It is a goal that the new type declaration
> semantics not introduce a different meaning for alias. That is, it
> should be possible to describe the existing meanings of byte and
> uint8 by saying that they behave as if predefined by:
>
> type byte = uint8
> type rune = int32
So, do that. Seems to work.
Updates #18130
Change-Id: I0740bab3f8fb23e946f3542fdbe819007a99465a
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/45017
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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