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authorTodd M. Guerra <toddguerra@gmail.com>2015-10-09 11:14:29 -0400
committerTodd M. Guerra <toddguerra@gmail.com>2015-10-09 11:14:29 -0400
commitfc3c56ee938dbb7231127465b0e9ab5fa7f2da40 (patch)
tree444181fbb299567b566a038ab4241e31ca519a97 /go.html.markdown
parent6d3f52b7f01409818853de6148abf1d8fe57fab0 (diff)
parentdcd9093d6467166a2946008c55f5e0582a15e20c (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'adambard/master'
Conflicts: java.html.markdown
Diffstat (limited to 'go.html.markdown')
-rw-r--r--go.html.markdown9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/go.html.markdown b/go.html.markdown
index 34b855e3..646a5650 100644
--- a/go.html.markdown
+++ b/go.html.markdown
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ contributors:
- ["Quint Guvernator", "https://github.com/qguv"]
- ["Jose Donizetti", "https://github.com/josedonizetti"]
- ["Alexej Friesen", "https://github.com/heyalexej"]
+ - ["Clayton Walker", "https://github.com/cwalk"]
---
Go was created out of the need to get work done. It's not the latest trend
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ can include line breaks.` // Same string type.
fmt.Println(s) // Updated slice is now [1 2 3 4 5 6]
// To append another slice, instead of list of atomic elements we can
// pass a reference to a slice or a slice literal like this, with a
- // trailing elipsis, meaning take a slice and unpack its elements,
+ // trailing ellipsis, meaning take a slice and unpack its elements,
// appending them to slice s.
s = append(s, []int{7, 8, 9}...) // Second argument is a slice literal.
fmt.Println(s) // Updated slice is now [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ can include line breaks.` // Same string type.
m["one"] = 1
// Unused variables are an error in Go.
- // The underbar lets you "use" a variable but discard its value.
+ // The underscore lets you "use" a variable but discard its value.
_, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, _ = str, s2, g, f, u, pi, n, a3, s4, bs
// Output of course counts as using a variable.
fmt.Println(s, c, a4, s3, d2, m)
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ func expensiveComputation() float64 {
}
func learnFlowControl() {
- // If statements require brace brackets, and do not require parens.
+ // If statements require brace brackets, and do not require parentheses.
if true {
fmt.Println("told ya")
}
@@ -407,6 +408,8 @@ func requestServer() {
The root of all things Go is the [official Go web site](http://golang.org/).
There you can follow the tutorial, play interactively, and read lots.
+Aside from a tour, [the docs](https://golang.org/doc/) contain information on
+how to write clean and effective Go code, package and command docs, and release history.
The language definition itself is highly recommended. It's easy to read
and amazingly short (as language definitions go these days.)