> Again, I wouldn't comment if variable-sized int was in Go 1.0 implementation, but it wasn't. It has always been in the Go 1.0 specification: "There is also

> Again, I wouldn't comment if variable-sized int was in Go 1.0 implementation, but it wasn't. It has always been in the Go 1.0 specification: "There is also a set of predeclared numeric types with implementation-specific sizes: uint either 32 or 64 bits int same size as uint" http://golang.org/ref/spec#Numeric_types http://golang.org/ref/spec#Numeric_types It's just that the Go 1.1 implementation now takes advantage of this freedom.