spec: struct tags must be identical for types to be identical We didn't mention this explicitly during our discussions, but I think it fits the "identical types are spelled identically" rule that we used. R=gri, iant, ken2, r, rsc1 CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/1698043
diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html index 589d904..f296c2a 100644 --- a/doc/go_spec.html +++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1263,7 +1263,8 @@ <li>Two slice types are identical if they have identical element types.</li> <li>Two struct types are identical if they have the same sequence of fields, - and if corresponding fields have the same names and identical types. + and if corresponding fields have the same names, and identical types, + and identical tags. Two anonymous fields are considered to have the same name. Lower-case field names from different packages are always different.</li>