The _ is used as the https://golang.org/ref/spec#Blank_identifier to ignore right-hand side values in an assignment (https://golang.org/ref/spec#Assignments)
In VI(M) _ is used as a black hole register http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#registers when you want to delete clipboard text Does the _ (blank identifier) in golang trace back to VI(M) _ (black hole register) or was _ used before this to discard text? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.