What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.7.5 linux/amd64

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOEXE=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOOS="linux"
GORACE=""
CC="gcc"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build372878858=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1

Issue

I need to be able to marshal into a slice of strings and to be able to specify the string types for the elements in this slice (is5, generalstring, etc)
https://play.golang.org/p/l5id74lMoI
Issue seems to be two fold:

1. Validation does not allow it and you get the error: explicit string type given to non-string member
2. Strings would all be marshaled as the default type - PrintableString

Suggestion

When struct tags for string types are defined against a slice this should be accepted if the slice is of strings
The struct tag for the string type should be passed down to the marshaling of the members of the slice