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diff --git a/go.html.markdown b/go.html.markdown
index ae99535b..49f1ade4 100644
--- a/go.html.markdown
+++ b/go.html.markdown
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ contributors:
- ["Alexej Friesen", "https://github.com/heyalexej"]
- ["Clayton Walker", "https://github.com/cwalk"]
- ["Leonid Shevtsov", "https://github.com/leonid-shevtsov"]
+ - ["Michael Graf", "https://github.com/maerf0x0"]
---
Go was created out of the need to get work done. It's not the latest trend
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ Go comes with a good standard library and a sizeable community.
/* Multi-
line comment */
+ /* A build tag is a line comment starting with // +build
+ and can be execute by go build -tags="foo bar" command.
+ Build tags are placed before the package clause near or at the top of the file
+ followed by a blank line or other line comments. */
+// +build prod, dev, test
+
// A package clause starts every source file.
// Main is a special name declaring an executable rather than a library.
package main
@@ -190,7 +197,7 @@ func learnFlowControl() {
x := 42.0
switch x {
case 0:
- case 1:
+ case 1, 2: // Can have multiple matches on one case
case 42:
// Cases don't "fall through".
/*
@@ -202,6 +209,19 @@ func learnFlowControl() {
default:
// Default case is optional.
}
+
+ // Type switch allows switching on the type of something instead of value
+ var data interface{}
+ data = ""
+ switch c := data.(type) {
+ case string:
+ fmt.Println(c, "is a string")
+ case int64:
+ fmt.Printf("%d is an int64\n", c)
+ default:
+ // all other cases
+ }
+
// Like if, for doesn't use parens either.
// Variables declared in for and if are local to their scope.
for x := 0; x < 3; x++ { // ++ is a statement.