TEXT type read in as []byte

[srahul123]

Following is my golang code:

package main

import "fmt"
import "database/sql"
import _ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"

func main() {
        db, _ := sql.Open("sqlite3", "temp.db")

        db.Exec("CREATE TABLE X (col TEXT)")

        db.Exec("INSERT INTO X (col) VALUES ('abc')")

        rows, _ := db.Query("SELECT col FROM X")
        rows.Next()
        var col interface{}
        rows.Scan(&col)
        rows.Close()
        fmt.Printf("%T\n", col)
}

It prints []uint8. Shouldn't it print string ?

[rittneje]

go-sqlite3/sqlite3.go

Line 2065 in 3fa1c55

dest[i] = []byte(s)

For some reason it casts the string into a byte slice before returning it. @mattn Any idea why it does this?