Go Functions
Function values
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math"
)
func compute(fn func(float64, float64) float64) float64 {
return fn(3, 4)
}
func main() {
hypot := func(x, y float64) float64 {
return math.Sqrt(x*x + y*y)
}
fmt.Println(hypot(5, 12))
fmt.Println(compute(hypot))
fmt.Println(compute(math.Pow))
}
Function closures
Go functions may be closures. A closure is a function value that references variables from outside its body. The function may access and assign to the referenced variables; in this sense the function is "bound" to the variables. For example, the adder
function returns a closure. Each closure is bound to its own sum
variable.
package main
import "fmt"
func adder() func(int) int {
sum := 0
return func(x int) int {
sum += x
return sum
}
}
func main() {
pos, neg := adder(), adder()
for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
fmt.Println(
pos(i),
neg(-2*i),
)
}
}
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