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tour: [Syntax description can be more specific] #1062

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Gaya3G opened this issue Oct 24, 2020 · 0 comments · May be fixed by golang/website#225
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tour: [Syntax description can be more specific] #1062

Gaya3G opened this issue Oct 24, 2020 · 0 comments · May be fixed by golang/website#225

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Gaya3G commented Oct 24, 2020

Context: https://tour.golang.org/flowcontrol/7

In javascript or Java, below code doesn't harm:

if(true){
  // do something
}
else{
  // do something else
}

But it isn't the same case with Go , I guess. when i hit enter and add else in next line, it gives syntax error. I initially thought it was just indentation but later realized syntax is supposed to be the way as in this sample. Felt specifying the same would be helpful.

crisman added a commit to crisman/golang_website that referenced this issue May 13, 2023
Many users of the Go Tour trip over using else after a newline which
generates a syntax error that is hard to understand unless the reader is
primed to think about a newline before the else. "tour/flowcontrol/7"
("If and else") the slide that first talks about else seems the right place
to update.

Add statement about required location of else after if block, provide an
invalid else code example mirroring the slide's program, and provide links
to the language spec for details.

Fixes golang/tour#1481
Fixes golang/tour#1427
Fixes golang/tour#1062
Fixes golang/tour#442
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