I read the Go docs *once*, but I'm pretty sure you're right. I think to make a slice out of an array, you'd do something like the_array[:]. All to say why I don't like Go. :) On May 23, 2015 1:14:55 PM CDT, C Cirello wrote: >Uhm I might be mistaken, but I guess [8192]byte is an array, and []byte >are >slices - therefore they are different types. > > - CC > >2015-05-23 17:53 GMT+02:00 erik quanstrom : > >> well, at least dennis wrote "why pascal is not my favorite >programming >> language". >> >> from go build >> >> ./cat.go:36: cannot use data (type [8192]byte) as type []byte >in >> argument to cat >> >> what? perhaps i'm missing something about the language, but it sure >seems >> ironic. >> >> - erik >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.