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Small design details I like in Go
Go101 edited this pageSep 23, 2020 ·8 revisions
- Go supports using
aValue.Methodas a function value without losing theaValuecontext. This is a so natural feature but I find thatno other popular static languages support it and even some dynamic languages don't support it well. - Go supports declaring methods for any kinds of types
- Go supports using different import names to distinguish same-name imported packages.
- Except rare dot import style uses, Go forces using
pkg.prefix to reference resources from imported packages. - Many operationson nil valuesdon't cause panics.
- Many variations of
forloops. - The position of the
defaultbranch in aswitchorselectcode block can be arbitrary. - Go supports declaring types in function bodies.
- Go supports nesting function bodies in function bodies.
- The type deduction rule for the left untyped operand of a bit-shift operation depends on whether or not the right operand is a constant.
- In some scenarios, it is ok to use array pointers as arrays.
- Go disallows cyclic imports.
v++andv--can only be used as statements.- non-boolean values can't be used as booleans.
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