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diff --git a/doc/go_tutorial.html b/doc/go_tutorial.html index bbd87bb61..201c503bb 100644 --- a/doc/go_tutorial.html +++ b/doc/go_tutorial.html @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Next up, here's a version of the Unix utility <code>echo(1)</code>: 23 if i > 0 { 24 s += Space 25 } -26 s += flag.Arg(i) +26 s += flag.Arg(i); 27 } 28 if !*omitNewline { 29 s += Newline @@ -135,6 +135,17 @@ Semicolons aren't needed here; in fact, semicolons are unnecessary after any top-level declaration, although they are needed as separators <i>within</i> a parenthesized list of declarations. <p> +You can use semicolons just the way you would in C, C++, or Java, but if you +prefer you can also leave them out in many cases. They <i>separate</i> statements +rather than terminate them, so they aren't needed (but are still OK) at the end of the last +statement in a block. +They're also optional after braces, as in C. +Have a look at the source to <code>echo</code>. +The only necessary semicolons in that program are on lines 8, 15, and 21 +and of course between the elements of the <code>for</code> loop on line 22. +The ones on line 9, 16, 26, and 31 are optional but are there because a semicolon +on the end of a list of statements makes it easier to edit the list later. +<p> This program imports the <code>"os"</code> package to access its <code>Stdout</code> variable, of type <code>*os.File</code>. The <code>import</code> statement is actually a declaration: in its general form, as used in our ``hello world'' program, |