For #1 -- There is a reason for this, I could try to explain it but I believe a guy named Todd McLeod would explain it better: https://www.youtube.com/user/toddmcleod/search?query=slice
For #2 -- Go is easily extendable. My suggestion if you want a find, write one. I know that kinda sounds harsh but it's a great way to learn the language by writing your first extension that you can import with each project. On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 10:23:57 AM UTC-4, marti...@programmfabrik.de wrote: > > Being fairly new to Go, I am trying to evaluate if it s possible and worth > to move our huge C++ codebase over to Go. > > 1) append(sliceA, my_new_item) sliceA > > Why can I not append something to a Slice in place, why does it have to > return a new Slice? > > 2) find(sliceB, item_i_look_for) int, -1 for not found > > Why can I not find easily search for an item inside a Slice. Every other > language I know has this. And I need this in a generic form. > > Or am I missing something entirely here? > > Best > Martin > > -- 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.