A minor nitpick - it's still type safe in Go, you can check the type of what's in interface{} and convert the value to that type. You'll never have to worry ab

A minor nitpick - it's still type safe in Go, you can check the type of what's in interface{} and convert the value to that type. You'll never have to worry about getting complete garbage out. However, it's not pretty, and the boxing to and from interface{} is not free.