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Comment by bbkane

1 day ago

I prefer this, especially for more complex types like functions- https://go.dev/blog/declaration-syntax gives an overview of their thought process

"x: int p: pointer to int a: array[3] of int These declarations are clear, if verbose - you just read them left to right. Go takes its cue from here, but in the interests of brevity it drops the colon and removes some of the keywords "

And in the process makes it significantly harder for human eyes to find the boundary between identifier and type.