The problem is you don't get compile time checking. If you forget that Foo imple...

dchest · on Dec 20, 2011

  package main
   
  type IBar interface {
  	doSomething()
  }

  type Foo int

  func (f Foo) doSomething() {
  	println(f)
  }

  func test(b IBar) {
	b.doSomething()
  }

  func main() {
	f := Foo(1)
	test(f)
  }

Compile, run:

Rename doSomething function to doSomethingElse. Compile:

   test.go:20: cannot use f (type Foo) as type IBar in function argument:
	Foo does not implement IBar (missing doSomething method)

MatthewPhillips · on Dec 20, 2011

Unit testing to the rescue.

azth · on Dec 20, 2011

More like just compiling =)