This was linked previously, and the single comment therein linked to a discussion on reddit[0] about the issue. Of note, this change has been reverted now[1].

This was linked previously, and the single comment therein linked to a discussion on reddit[0] about the issue. Of note, this change has been reverted now[1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/5alxa3/gos_alias_proposal_and_all_my_concerns_of_google/ https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/5alxa3/gos_alias_pr... [1] https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16339#issuecomment-258527920 https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16339#issuecomment-25852...