// $G $D/$F.go || echo BUG: should compile // Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package main func main() { var b1 []byte; s1 := string(b1); println(len(s1)); // prints 0 b2 := ([]byte)(nil); s2 := string(b2); println(len(s2)); // prints 0 s3 := string(([]byte)(nil)); // does not compile (literal substitution of b2) println(len(s3)); } /* bug149.go:14: cannot convert []uint8 constant to string */