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-rw-r--r--go.html.markdown13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/go.html.markdown b/go.html.markdown
index d1a0ae34..a66e8c4b 100644
--- a/go.html.markdown
+++ b/go.html.markdown
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ contributors:
- ["Sonia Keys", "https://github.com/soniakeys"]
- ["Christopher Bess", "https://github.com/cbess"]
- ["Jesse Johnson", "https://github.com/holocronweaver"]
+ - ["Quint Guvernator", "https://github.com/qguv"]
---
Go was created out of the need to get work done. It's not the latest trend
@@ -180,9 +181,21 @@ func learnFlowControl() {
goto love
love:
+ learnDefer() // A quick detour to an important keyword.
learnInterfaces() // Good stuff coming up!
}
+
+
+func learnDefer() (ok bool) {
+ // deferred statements are executed just before the function returns.
+ defer fmt.Println("deferred statements execute in reverse (LIFO) order.")
+ defer fmt.Println("\nThis line is being printed first because")
+ // defer is commonly used to close a file, so the function closing the file
+ // stays close to the function opening the file
+ return true
+}
+
// Define Stringer as an interface type with one method, String.
type Stringer interface {
String() string