To distinguish it from main.(*T).Bar, which is a different thing (the method without receiver already supplied).
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:04 PM Gregory Golberg <deb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, it is noted - I specifically made this example like so. But why? > > If I were to parse the Name() string I could still figure out that this is > a method - because main.(*T).Bar-fm shows that it's on type T. > > So what's the point of the suffix? > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Matt Harden <matt.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm not sure what it stands for (function from method?). But note that >> this is a Method Value https://golang.org/ref/spec#Method_values, so >> it's distinct from the method itself, which doesn't have a receiver already >> supplied. >> >> https://play.golang.org/p/P2TELvh1Ho >> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 7:38 PM Gregory Golberg <deb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Consider this example: https://play.golang.org/p/uy6rPFu6Z9 >>> >>> Which prints >>> >>> main.Foo >>> main.(*T).Bar-fm >>> >>> What does -fm mean? >>> >>> -g >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> > -- 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.
