Indecent (language) Proposals: Part 2 (Go Time #168)

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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, Website
• Roberto Clapis – Twitter, GitHub
• Mat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Johnny 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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