Go examples and idioms

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There's not a lot of Go code to learn the language from, and I'm sure I'm not the only one experimenting with it. So, if you found out something interesting about the language, please post an example here.

I'm also looking for

  • idiomatic ways to do things in Go,
  • C/C++ style of thinking "ported" to Go,
  • common pitfalls about the syntax,
  • anything interesting, really.
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24 Answers

Type switches:

switch i := x.(type) {
case nil:
    printString("x is nil");
case int:
    printInt(i);  // i is an int
case float:
    printFloat(i);  // i is a float
case func(int) float:
    printFunction(i);  // i is a function
case bool, string:
    printString("type is bool or string");  // i is an interface{}
default:
    printString("don't know the type");
}
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