In the playground you have there, the string `v` is implicitly initialized to the empty string, which is not equal to nil. I&#x27;m referring to a different condition, where two different values are explicitly set to nil. Check this out: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.golang.org&#x2F;p&#x2F;qMmg7yOAKO" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.golang.org&#x2F;p&#x2F;qMmg7yOAKO</a>