Re: [go-nuts] Can't find the syntax error in this "hello-world" snippet. Help.

[Vanja Pejovic]

the " { " must be on the same line as " func main () "

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:21 PM, <saad...@gmail.com> wrote:

package main

import "fmt"

func main ()
{
    fmt.Println("Hello, 世界")
}

[andrey mirtchovski]

[Jesse McNelis]

"prog.go:6: syntax error: unexpected semicolon or newline before {"

It's a pretty clear error message.


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[Dave Cheney]

http://golang.org/doc/go_faq.html#semicolons

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 2:18 PM, <saad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why should it by in the same line?

[Andrew Gerrand]

On 16 August 2012 14:18, <saad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why should it by in the same line?

Because that is Go's syntax. It is not the same as C.

Andrew

[Jan Mercl]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:18 AM, <saad...@gmail.com> wrote:

Why should it by in the same line?

Because otherwise it's out of the language specification (others already provided the link). So yes, Go is not a (completely) free form[at] language, if someone would ask that. And it's not the only such language, Python being a common example.

-j