On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:58 PM Alexander Mills <alexander.d.mi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> we can do this:
>
> var wg sync.WaitGroup
>
>
> instead of having to write this:
>
> var wg sync.WaitGroup = sync.WaitGroup{} // is this initialization implicit,
> and why?
>
>
>
> anyone know why, or what it's called? Is this intialization implicit /
> automatic and what is the reasoning for this?
>
The two are equivalent due to implicit initialization of vars to their
"zero" value. See https://yourbasic.org/golang/default-zero-value/ for one
of many explanations of this topic. I'll leave it to others to opine
whether the implicit initialization is good style or whether the explicit
initialization in your second example is preferable. Having said that, I
don't see any reason to prefer the explicit initialization since it is 100%
equivalent to the implicit initialization and thus redundant.
--
Kurtis Rader
Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank
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