jbamsterdam

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1. 1.▲
   by jbamsterdam 3y ago

   No, it does not. The length of the pattern isn't important anymore, only whether it overlaps with other patterns.
2. 2.▲
   by jbamsterdam 6y ago

   I find I rarely need equality checks beyond simple types like ints, strings and times. The big exception to that is tests, for which I recommend cmp ( https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp ).
3. 3.▲
   by jbamsterdam 6y ago

   Nothing's changed, and that's still an issue. We didn't address it because the post was long enough, but as Merovius himself says, it's called out in the Go 1 compatibility promise. So the Go standard library doesn'
4. 4.▲
   by jbamsterdam 6y ago

   Until gorelease is ready, you can try apidiff ( https://go.googlesource.com/exp/+/refs/heads/master/cmd/apid... ).
5. 5.▲
   by jbamsterdam 6y ago

   Do you have any specific examples in mind?
6. 6.▲
   by jbamsterdam 6y ago

   Despite the title, the problems that this article discusses could have happened even before modules were introduced. Before modules, your only choices were to stay compatible or break users. Modules give us the freedom to make breaking chan