go-control-flow

Item: go-control-flow
Rating: 5.9
Author: Implexa

Use when writing conditionals, loops, or switch statements in Go — including if with initialization, early returns, for loop forms, range, switch, type…

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evaluated by implexa, claude-haiku-4-5 · 2026-06-24

go-control-flow covers conditionals, loops, and switch statements in go, with patterns for scoped initialization, range iteration, and type assertions. references external docs for advanced patterns.

structure

4.0

trigger phrases

4.0

procedure

6.0

edge cases

5.0

documentation

6.0

strengths

SKILL.md

Go Control Flow

Read references/SWITCH-PATTERNS.md when using switch statements, type switches, or break with labels

Read references/BLANK-IDENTIFIER.md when using _, blank identifier imports, or compile-time interface checks

If with Initialization

if and switch accept an optional initialization statement. Use it to scope
variables to the conditional block:

if err := file.Chmod(0664); err != nil {
    log.Print(err)
    return err
}

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