Empty Slice literal in golang

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"unsafe"
)

func main() {

	var x = []int{}
	var y []int
	fmt.Println(x == nil) // why it is not nil
	fmt.Println(y == nil)
	fmt.Println(unsafe.Sizeof(x),unsafe.Sizeof(y))
	
	fmt.Printf("%T",x)
	fmt.Printf("%T",y)
}
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X is not nil beacuse you are initializing it to a en empty slice.
In the secornd case, y is nil because it is only declared and Go initializes it to nil.
A slice is a structure to a array, with capacity y length its default zero value isnil . The nil slice has a length and capacity of 0 and has no underlying array. When we create a slice with the make function, all elements are initialized to 0.

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