From dcdfea67b43be9627514e9c7a73797d37d5db013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bryan newbold Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:59:25 -0700 Subject: old golang notes --- software/golang.page | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'software') diff --git a/software/golang.page b/software/golang.page index 729b6e5..9897b65 100644 --- a/software/golang.page +++ b/software/golang.page @@ -12,6 +12,21 @@ function itself is called (this is intuitive). The golang documentation gives the examples of closing file handles and printing HTML footers (defer right after printing the header). +Language Notes +---------------- + +`complex64` and `complex128` are built-in numeric types. `rune` is also built-in. + +Capitalization controls visibility. Everything is visible within a package; +only upper-case things are visible outside the package. + +All types have a "zero value" which they are automatically initialized with if +not defined otherwise. These include `false` for boolean, 0 for numerics, empty +string, and `nil` in many cases. This recurses down in to structs, collections, +etc. + +TODO: capitalization of struct fields + Learning Resources ------------------- In addition to the excellent dynamic Tour, documentation, and other things -- cgit v1.2.3