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		tptacek on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Use Go Interfaces context also returns context.Context (an interface), and sql returns driver.Value, an interface.

dsymonds on March 20, 2018 [–]

context.Context is an interface because it is known there are multiple implementers (several in the context package itself). The sql driver.Value is actually the other way around: the sql package is the consuming package (for the driver).

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