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Function declaration syntax: things in parenthesis before the function name

Another explanation which is helpful can be found HERE.

A fantastic example from the above link can be found Goplayground

package main
import (
 "fmt"
 "errors"
 "math"
)
type Triangle struct {
 a, b, c float64
}
func (t *Triangle) valid() error {
 if t.a + t.b > t.c && t.a + t.c > t.b && t.b + t.c > t.a {
  return nil
 }
 return errors.New("Triangle is not valid")
}
func (t *Triangle) perimeter() (float64, error) {
 err := t.valid()
 if err != nil {
  return -1, err
 }
return t.a + t.b + t.c, nil
}
func (t *Triangle) square() (float64, error) {
 p, err := t.perimeter()
 if err != nil {
  return -1, err
 }
p /= 2
 s := p * (p - t.a) * (p - t.b) * (p - t.c)
 return math.Sqrt(s), nil
}
func main() {
 t1 := Triangle{3, 4, 5}
fmt.Println(t1.perimeter())
 fmt.Println(t1.square())
}

iota

• The iota keyword represents successive integer constants 0, 1, 2,…
• It resets to 0 whenever the word const appears in the source code,
• and increments after each const specification

Defer, Panic, and Recover

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