It's important to note that Go doesn't allow you to define type aliases. Embedding is the closest you get.
When I say "type MyInt int" didn't I just type-alias int?
Edit: I'm aware that they're not able to be used interchangeably, but I think I've heard the term used in this context before. I think I'm actually incorrect here and have just heard people use an incorrect term and thought that was an actual go term for some malformed type alias.
http://play.golang.org/p/fiz0NnduNF
(try running it)
No, you created a new type.
cmccabe@keter:~/tmp> cat inta.go
package main
import "fmt"
type myfoo int
func printint(i int) {
fmt.Printf("i = %d\n", i)
}
func main() {
var foo myfoo
printint(foo)
}
cmccabe@keter:~/tmp> go build inta.go
# command-line-arguments
./inta.go:13: cannot use foo (type myfoo) as type int in argument to printint