On: Codebase Refactoring with Go

[dilap]

true, tho slight savings in characters not worth the less-clear definition imo

[randomdata → dilap]

On the other hand, you may want to set `now` to return a deterministic time value when testing, which the variable allows.

[skj → dilap]

Is that really less clear?

[dilap → skj]

I think so -- if I see this it's obvious now is a function.

    func now() time.Time { return time.Now() } 

If I see this:

    var now = time.Time

My first instinct is, "hmmm, some kind of variable?" And then I have to remember, "oh yeah, it's just a variable that holds a function."

Obviously not a big deal either way.

(I think this further shows how type aliases would not be adding much possibility for confusion compared to what already exists in the language.)

[ithkuil → dilap]

btw if you want you can explicit mention the type in the var declaration