Discussion on: Golang for JavaScript developers - Part 1

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if val := getVal(); val < 10 {
    return val
} else {
    return val + 1
}

This is not possible in JS

What does it do?

Sorry, I should have explained it better. I'll update the post

the variable is scoped to the if statement. Thus, it is much more readable. might be that the getVal() function would be like this.

func getVal() int{
    // return any number
    return 0
}

compare to javascript

// given by the example. the `val` is mutable
let val = getVal()
if(val < 10){
   return val
}
else{
  return val + 1
}

in golang,
after if block, variable val continues existing? Or it just exists in the if block?

val is no longer accessible after the if statement. the variable is scoped to the if block

Thanks