Golang functions
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Function Signatures
Function with arguments, return value
// (param type) (return-type) func greet(name string) string { return "Hello, " + name }Multiple return values
// when multiple return values present, surround with brackets func find(id int) (string, int) { // ... } // optionally, return values can be named // (this has no implications for caller, it's simply documentation) func find(id int) (name string, age int) { // ... }
Deferred evaluation
Defer waits until a function is just about to exit (even on failure).
This is similar to a try/finally block in other languages.
Docs describe it as useful for releasing a mutex, for example.func WriteFile(filepath string) (success int) { fd, err := os.Open(filepath) defer fd.Close() // run before function closes // ... other code ... }