Go does not allow truthiness

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const s = "hello";
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const n = 3;
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if (s) console.log("s is truthy");
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if (n) console.log("n is truthy");
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// output:
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// s is truthy
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// n is truthy

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package main
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import "fmt"
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func main() {
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  s := "hello"
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  n := 3
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  // Illegal moves
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  if s { // non-boolean condition in if statement
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    fmt.Println("s truthy")
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  }
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  if n { // non-boolean condition in if statement
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    fmt.Println("n truthy")
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  }
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  // Should be
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  if s != "" {
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    fmt.Println("s is non-empty")
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  }
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  if n != 0 {
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    fmt.Println("n is non-zero")
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  }
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}