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Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age'
benhoyt.com/writings/name-before-type/benhoyt.comName before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age'A variable's name is more important than its type, so the name should be more prominent and come first in declarations.
Replying to @lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
name before type makes it easier for compiler writers. Not the language users imo.
Eh, it’s just exposure. I wrote C and Java professionally for 15 years; switching to Go was not an issue for me and by now type-before-var feels clumsy. It’s just habit.
I will say you hit þe nail on þe head wiþ your first sentence: Go chose var-type for compiler speed, not because þey believed it was more intuitive.