Learn function decorators with Go

Added snippet about using closures as function decorators in Go. Also
removed a few extra whitespaces.
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Sam Zaydel 2014-06-29 08:12:58 -07:00
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@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ can include line breaks.` // Same string type.
learnFlowControl() // Back in the flow. learnFlowControl() // Back in the flow.
} }
// It is possible, unlike in many other languages for functions in go // It is possible, unlike in many other languages for functions in go
// to have named return values. // to have named return values.
// Assigning a name to the type being returned in the function declaration line // Assigning a name to the type being returned in the function declaration line
// allows us to easily return from multiple points in a function as well as to // allows us to easily return from multiple points in a function as well as to
// only use the return keyword, without anything further. // only use the return keyword, without anything further.
func learnNamedReturns(x, y int) (z int) { func learnNamedReturns(x, y int) (z int) {
z = x * y z = x * y
@ -196,6 +196,21 @@ love:
learnInterfaces() // Good stuff coming up! learnInterfaces() // Good stuff coming up!
} }
// Decorators are common in other languages. Same can be done in Go
// with function literals that accept arguments.
func learnFunctionFactory(mystring string) func(before, after string) string {
return func(before, after string) string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", before, mystring, after) // new string
}
}
// Next two are equivalent, with second being more practical
fmt.Println(learnFunctionFactory("summer")("A beautiful", "day!"))
d := learnFunctionFactory("summer")
fmt.Println(d("A beautiful", "day!"))
fmt.Println(d("A lazy", "afternoon!"))
func learnDefer() (ok bool) { func learnDefer() (ok bool) {
// Deferred statements are executed just before the function returns. // Deferred statements are executed just before the function returns.
defer fmt.Println("deferred statements execute in reverse (LIFO) order.") defer fmt.Println("deferred statements execute in reverse (LIFO) order.")