> I suggest to keep things consistent and actually use the syntax /* */ for multi-line comments Idiomatic Go code almost never uses multi-line comments, see:

> I suggest to keep things consistent and actually use the syntax /* */ for multi-line comments Idiomatic Go code almost never uses multi-line comments, see: http://golang.org/src/pkg/net/http/request.go http://golang.org/src/pkg/net/http/request.go > Also "// x == 1 here." should be "// x == 2 here." No, it's correct. := declares a new variable. The newly declared, inner x shadows the outer x only within the block scope of the for loop: http://play.golang.org/p/cP2dWyg0qw http://play.golang.org/p/cP2dWyg0qw