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Boolean types

February 17, 2023

Boolean types

A boolean type represents the set of Boolean truth values denoted by the predeclared constants true and false. The predeclared boolean type is bool; it is a defined type.

No real surprises here. Go supports Boolean types. You can use the pre-declared Boolean type bool, or you can create your own types, backed by this type:

type SpanishBool bool

For an example why this might be useful, see my previous example.

Quotes from The Go Programming Language Specification, Version of January 19, 2023

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