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title: "Assignability"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/assignability-dtauu7vmq
source_url: https://boldlygo.tech/archive/2023-06-05-assignability
type: article
source: "Boldly Go"
published: 2026-05-31T07:50:01.063Z
updated: 2026-05-31T09:06:32.812Z
tags: ["golang"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Assignability

**[Boldly Go](https://daily.dev/sources/boldlygo)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A detailed walkthrough of Go's assignability rules, covering all six conditions under which a value of type V can be assigned to a variable of type T. Topics include identical types, identical underlying types, channel assignability, interface implementation, nil assignments, and untyped constants — each illustrated with concise code examples drawn from the Go specification.

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