From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 22:52:31 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: builtin: document "any" and "comparable"
X-Git-Tag: go1.18beta1~108
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builtin: document "any" and "comparable"

Fixes #49927

Change-Id: I8b34cf13b3bc6338309f005648ca3ee6852927f0
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/368954
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diff --git a/src/builtin/builtin.go b/src/builtin/builtin.go
index 01190e9900..9a94c7357d 100644
--- a/src/builtin/builtin.go
+++ b/src/builtin/builtin.go
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ type byte = uint8
 // used, by convention, to distinguish character values from integer values.
 type rune = int32
 
+// any is an alias for interface{} and is equivalent to interface{} in all ways.
+type any = interface{}
+
+// comparable is an interface that is implemented by all comparable types
+// (booleans, numbers, strings, pointers, channels, interfaces,
+// arrays of comparable types, structs whose fields are all comparable types).
+// The comparable interface may only be used as a type parameter constraint,
+// not as the type of a variable.
+type comparable comparable
+
 // iota is a predeclared identifier representing the untyped integer ordinal
 // number of the current const specification in a (usually parenthesized)
 // const declaration. It is zero-indexed.