Why not use int, uint, float as return type of Int(), Uint(), Float()

[fanybook]

        Redis = redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
            Addr:     Config.Get("redis.default.host").String(),
            Password: Config.Get("redis.default.password").String(),
            DB:       int(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Int()),
        })

when i use .Int() metod, also need to use int()

[tidwall]

It was a design decision that I made early on. I wanted to support 64-bit values but did not want the function names like .Float64() .Int64() .Uint64().

[fanybook]

support 64-bit, should like int64(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Int())

hope use int, uint, float as return type

[tidwall]

int64 is what .Int() returns right now. You don't need to convert.

For example to convert to different types:

int       ->  int(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Int())
uint      ->  uint(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Uint())
int32     ->  int32(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Int())
uint32    ->  uint32(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Uint())
float32   ->  float32(Config.Get("redis.default.database").Float())

[fanybook]

I know

My means is turning int as default
if i need int64, i can use int64

[tidwall]

I can’t change the return type of Int() at this point because doing so would cause a breaking change for current users of the library.

[fanybook]

ok， i change them in.my local src

[tidwall]

sounds good. I'll close this issue if there isn't anything else to add. thanks.

[Jake-Convictional]

Surprised by this design choice, I too find it unintuitive. Not a big deal though I suppose.

[tidwall]

It wasn't my finest hour.