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Go’s best-kept secret: executable examples (bitfieldconsulting.com)
submitted 2 years ago by austin@programming.dev to c/golang@lemmy.ml
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[–] whou@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's weird that this is such an awesome and unique feature that I've never seen mentioned in any tutorial.

I certainly wonder how many people wrote example documentation while having no idea this feature existed... I know I almost was one of them.

[–] austin@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I agree it’s unique and not really talked about. It kinda reminds me of Elixir’s doctest