I have a struct:
type nameSorter struct {
names []Name
by func(s1, s2 *Name) bool
Which is used in this method. What is going on with that comma? If I remove it there is a syntax error.
func (by By) Sort(names []Name) {
sorter := &nameSorter{
names: names,
by: by, //why does there have to be a comma here?
}
sort.Sort(sorter)
Also, the code below works perfectly fine and seems to be more clear.
func (by By) Sort(names []Name) {
sorter := &nameSorter{names, by}
sort.Sort(sorter)
For more context this code is part of a series of declarations for sorting of a custom type that looks like this:
By(lastNameSort).Sort(Names)
This is how go works, and go is strict with things like comma
and parentheses
.
The good thing about this notion is that when adding or deleting a line, it does not affect other line. Suppose the last comma can be omitted, if you want to add a field after it, you have to add the comma back.
See this post: https://dave.cheney.net/2014/10/04/that-trailing-comma.