Go Concepts - Lexical Structure

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Identifiers

Types, functions, constants, variables, interfaces.

The blank identifier "_".

Identifiers (not values) can be exported or unexported.

Lower-case letter identifiers

Upper-case letter identifiers


Whitespace

Newlines, spaces and tabs.

Expression

Operators combine operands into expressions.

Literal

String Literal

Numeric Literal

Array Literal

Slice Literal

Map Literal

Struct Literal

Comment

// to the end of the line
/*
  Multiline
  line 1
  ...
  line n
*/

Statements

for

if

Keywords

range type func . .
package go . . .
defer chan . . .

Constants

Variables

Variables are always initialized to the type's zero value.


  var <var-name> <type> = <initial-value>

  var a string = "blah"


  <var-name> := <initial-value>

   a := "blah"

Variable Scopes

Package-level variable

Pass by Value vs Pass by Reference

In Go, all variables are passed by value. Even for pointer variables, since the value of the pointer is a memory address, passing pointer variables is still considered pass by value.

Pointers

Pointer variable.