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I can't use Go until they fix the whitespace bug: http://zackarymorris.tumblr.com/post/26701252898/a-mistake-in-go http://zackarymorris.tumblr.com/post/2670125

• thebigshane 14y ago
  Wow... I don't understand diving into a language like this without reading about or looking at other source code already written in the language. This is not a bug! Golang enforces certain formatting, it is very opinionated and the authors are very upfront about that. http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#formatting Also, you can use the `gofmt` tool (when running Go on your local machine) to help you learn what Go prefers if you don't want to read all of the excellent documentation on the site. [EDIT: I see you already know about this tool but I'll leave this comment here for others]
  • loboman 14y ago
    Exactly, this is not a bug and this won't be fixed. Go adds a ";" at the end of lines like "func main()", which in this case means "func main(){" has a different meaning than "func main()".
    • sigzero 14y ago
      Oh god....
• callahad 14y ago
  Rules about whitespace seem like an awfully superficial reason to dismiss an entire language. Do the other benefits not outweigh that?