golang thing thang

main.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

type thing struct {
    str string
}

func (thinger thing) BadSet(str string) {
    thinger.str = str
}

func (thinger *thing) GoodSet(str string) {
    thinger.str = str
}

func main() {
    thinger := thing{}

    thinger.BadSet("one")
    fmt.Println(thinger)

    thinger.GoodSet("two")
    fmt.Println(thinger)

    thinger2 := thinger

    thinger.GoodSet("three")
    fmt.Println(thinger2)

    fmt.Println("--------------")

    thanger := &thing{}

    thanger.BadSet("one")
    fmt.Println(thanger)

    thanger.GoodSet("two")
    fmt.Println(thanger)

    thanger2 := thanger

    thanger.GoodSet("three")
    fmt.Println(thanger2)
}

A snippet I shared with a handful of folks who are learning go.