Curriculum Types & methods Methods exercise 1 · mcq
Methods
Translate the TypeScript method greet on User into the
idiomatic Go method declaration.
Go's methods are not "inside" the struct like in a TS class.
They're top-level functions with a RECEIVER — an extra
parameter that goes between func and the method name,
written in its own set of parentheses.
TypeScript reference
About this theme
Methods are functions with a receiver — a special argument declared before the function name: func (r Receiver) Foo() { ... }. Two flavours: value receivers (operate on a copy) and pointer receivers (operate on the original). The rule of thumb: use a pointer receiver if you'd modify the receiver, or if the receiver is large enough that copying is wasteful.