load_dict.go

package main

import (
	//"./file"
	"fmt"
	"bufio"
	"os"
)

// will initialize dict here...
func loadDict(fname string) []string {
	fmt.Print("Loading Dictionary\n")
	opn, _ := file.Open(fname)
	defer opn.Close()
	reader := bufio.NewReader(opn)

	theGuess := 10 // the file is ~ this big...
	dict := make([]string, 0, theGuess)

	// ahh... so much nicer!!
	for {
		line, _, err := reader.ReadLine()
		dict = append(dict, string(line))
		if err == os.EOF { break }
	}
	return dict
}

func main() {

	dict := loadDict("tmp")
	fmt.Print("printing dict", dict)
}

output

$ ./social_distance
Loading Dictionary
3
foo<nil> 3
bar<nil> 3
baz<nil> 0
EOF printing dict[foo bar baz ]%

tmp

foo
bar
baz