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Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore? The godocs say that By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or...
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qohelet
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2020-10-26T02:32:46Z (about 4 years ago)
- Can a Go package name _validly_ contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing about hyphens. There was an example with an underscore in a package name with an introductory comment that it does "not fit well in Go."
- Can a Go package name _validly_ contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
- Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing about hyphens. There was an example with an underscore in a package name with an introductory comment indicating that it does "not fit well in Go," but again does not indicate whether or not it is invalid.
#4: Post edited
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qohelet
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2020-10-26T02:30:26Z (about 4 years ago)
Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
- Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing about hyphens. There was an example with an underscore in a package name with an introductory comment that it does "not fit well in Go."
- Can a Go package name _validly_ contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
- Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing about hyphens. There was an example with an underscore in a package name with an introductory comment that it does "not fit well in Go."
#3: Post edited
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qohelet
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2020-10-26T02:30:11Z (about 4 years ago)
- Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing.
- Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
- Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing about hyphens. There was an example with an underscore in a package name with an introductory comment that it does "not fit well in Go."
#2: Post edited
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qohelet
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2020-10-26T02:28:39Z (about 4 years ago)
- Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention.- Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing.
- Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore?
- [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that
- >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps.
- However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention, and it says nothing about hyphens.
- Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing.
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qohelet
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2020-10-26T02:28:02Z (about 4 years ago)
Are hyphens and/or underscores valid in golang package names?
Can a Go package name validly contain a hyphen and/or an underscore? [The godocs](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names) say that >By convention, packages are given lower case, single-word names; there should be no need for underscores or mixedCaps. However, this does not indicate if underscores are invalid/illegal vs. simply not following the convention. Similarly, I searched for "hypen" and "underscore" in [a blog post on Go package names](https://blog.golang.org/package-names) and found nothing.