I haven't read the document.
bearophile wrote:
> In Go you can omit semicolons at the end of lines
I never understood what people had against them. I've probably had
trouble with a stray semicolon once or twice, but no big deal.
> In Go you can omit some () for example in "if":
>
> if !*omitNewline {
> s += Newline
> }
Just like the curly braces should always be there, the parenthesis
should always be there as well. :)
> Generally I don't like to remove the parentheses of function
> calls (as done in Ruby)
Same here. I am just starting to get used to omitting the parenthesis
for properties. But that's it for me. :) For example I don't like
array.sort.
> but in this case of the 'if' syntax I think removing them helps
> remove some useless visual noise from the code.
I don't see it as noise. Consistency is important for me.
> Go designers are trying to invent/adopt something simpler than
> C++-style templates
I will not be surprised when they "invent" the same syntax of a language
Dat Dey've never hearD of... ;)
Ali
