CHANGELOG.md

2022-03-30

• Add guidance on using field tags in marshaled structs.

2021-11-16

• Add guidance on use of %w vs %v with fmt.Errorf, and where to use errors.New or custom error types.

2021-11-12

• Add soft line length limit of 99 characters.

2021-04-19

• Programs should exit only in main(), preferably at most once.

2021-03-15

• Add guidance on omitting zero-value fields during struct initialization.
• Add guidance on Foo{} versus var form for initialization of empty structs.
• Add new section for Initializing Structs, moving relevant guidances into subsections of it.

2020-06-10

• Add guidance on avoiding init().
• Add guidance to avoid using built-in names.
• Add reminder that nil slices are not always the same as empty slices.

2020-02-24

• Add guidance on verifying interface compliance with compile-time checks.

2020-01-30

• Recommend using the time package when dealing with time.

2020-01-25

• Add guidance against embedding types in public structs.

2019-12-17

• Functional Options: Recommend struct implementations of Option interface instead of capturing values with a closure.

2019-11-26

• Add guidance against mutating global variables.

2019-10-21

• Add section on remaining consistent with existing practices.
• Add guidance on map initialization and size hints.

2019-10-11

• Suggest succinct context for error messages.

2019-10-10

• Initial release.