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I love it even though I dislike quite a few of its formatting rules. Because the only thing worse than a slightly wonk formatting convention is spending any ti
by mumblemumble 5y ago
I love it even though I dislike quite a few of its formatting rules.
Because the only thing worse than a slightly wonk formatting convention is spending any time at all implementing, arguing about, or otherwise worrying about formatting conventions.
- javajosh 5y agoWord. I got major pushback trying to fix this problem at my last company, which is (in part) why I'm not there.
- unfunco 5y agoRob Pike's proverbs about Go fmt springs to mind: "Go fmt's style is nobody's favourite, but go fmt is everybody's favourite."
- ploxiln 5y agogofmt, on the other hand, gives you a lot more flexibility to wrap lines how you deem appropriate. I like gofmt way more than black.
- Mawr 5y agoExactly, gofmt is actually almost perfect. Ironically, it makes Rob's quote less meaningful. I think gofmt's brilliance comes down to it not being overly pedantic, it doesn't have an opinion on how all code should be formatted, it only fixes what it sees as clear mistakes.
- solarmist 5y agoYup! This.