// Package stylecheck contains analyzes that enforce style rules. // Most of the recommendations made are universally agreed upon by the wider Go community. // Some analyzes, however, implement stricter rules that not everyone will agree with. // In the context of Staticcheck, these analyzes are not enabled by default. // // For the most part it is recommended to follow the advice given by the analyzers that are enabled by default, // but you may want to disable additional analyzes on a case by case basis. package stylecheck import "honnef.co/go/tools/analysis/lint" var Docs = lint.Markdownify(map[string]*lint.RawDocumentation{ "ST1000": { Title: `Incorrect or missing package comment`, Text: `Packages must have a package comment that is formatted according to the guidelines laid out in https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments#package-comments.`, Since: "2019.1", NonDefault: true, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1001": { Title: `Dot imports are discouraged`, Text: `Dot imports that aren't in external test packages are discouraged. The \'dot_import_whitelist\' option can be used to whitelist certain imports. Quoting Go Code Review Comments: > The \'import .\' form can be useful in tests that, due to circular > dependencies, cannot be made part of the package being tested: > > package foo_test > > import ( > "bar/testutil" // also imports "foo" > . "foo" > ) > > In this case, the test file cannot be in package foo because it > uses \'bar/testutil\', which imports \'foo\'. So we use the \'import .\' > form to let the file pretend to be part of package foo even though > it is not. Except for this one case, do not use \'import .\' in your > programs. It makes the programs much harder to read because it is > unclear whether a name like \'Quux\' is a top-level identifier in the > current package or in an imported package.`, Since: "2019.1", Options: []string{"dot_import_whitelist"}, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1003": { Title: `Poorly chosen identifier`, Text: `Identifiers, such as variable and package names, follow certain rules. See the following links for details: - https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#package-names - https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#mixed-caps - https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments#initialisms - https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments#variable-names`, Since: "2019.1", NonDefault: true, Options: []string{"initialisms"}, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1005": { Title: `Incorrectly formatted error string`, Text: `Error strings follow a set of guidelines to ensure uniformity and good composability. Quoting Go Code Review Comments: > Error strings should not be capitalized (unless beginning with > proper nouns or acronyms) or end with punctuation, since they are > usually printed following other context. That is, use > \'fmt.Errorf("something bad")\' not \'fmt.Errorf("Something bad")\', so > that \'log.Printf("Reading %s: %v", filename, err)\' formats without a > spurious capital letter mid-message.`, Since: "2019.1", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1006": { Title: `Poorly chosen receiver name`, Text: `Quoting Go Code Review Comments: > The name of a method's receiver should be a reflection of its > identity; often a one or two letter abbreviation of its type > suffices (such as "c" or "cl" for "Client"). Don't use generic > names such as "me", "this" or "self", identifiers typical of > object-oriented languages that place more emphasis on methods as > opposed to functions. The name need not be as descriptive as that > of a method argument, as its role is obvious and serves no > documentary purpose. It can be very short as it will appear on > almost every line of every method of the type; familiarity admits > brevity. Be consistent, too: if you call the receiver "c" in one > method, don't call it "cl" in another.`, Since: "2019.1", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1008": { Title: `A function's error value should be its last return value`, Text: `A function's error value should be its last return value.`, Since: `2019.1`, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1011": { Title: `Poorly chosen name for variable of type \'time.Duration\'`, Text: `\'time.Duration\' values represent an amount of time, which is represented as a count of nanoseconds. An expression like \'5 * time.Microsecond\' yields the value \'5000\'. It is therefore not appropriate to suffix a variable of type \'time.Duration\' with any time unit, such as \'Msec\' or \'Milli\'.`, Since: `2019.1`, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1012": { Title: `Poorly chosen name for error variable`, Text: `Error variables that are part of an API should be called \'errFoo\' or \'ErrFoo\'.`, Since: "2019.1", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1013": { Title: `Should use constants for HTTP error codes, not magic numbers`, Text: `HTTP has a tremendous number of status codes. While some of those are well known (200, 400, 404, 500), most of them are not. The \'net/http\' package provides constants for all status codes that are part of the various specifications. It is recommended to use these constants instead of hard-coding magic numbers, to vastly improve the readability of your code.`, Since: "2019.1", Options: []string{"http_status_code_whitelist"}, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1015": { Title: `A switch's default case should be the first or last case`, Since: "2019.1", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1016": { Title: `Use consistent method receiver names`, Since: "2019.1", NonDefault: true, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1017": { Title: `Don't use Yoda conditions`, Text: `Yoda conditions are conditions of the kind \"if 42 == x\", where the literal is on the left side of the comparison. These are a common idiom in languages in which assignment is an expression, to avoid bugs of the kind \"if (x = 42)\". In Go, which doesn't allow for this kind of bug, we prefer the more idiomatic \"if x == 42\".`, Since: "2019.2", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1018": { Title: `Avoid zero-width and control characters in string literals`, Since: "2019.2", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1019": { Title: `Importing the same package multiple times`, Text: `Go allows importing the same package multiple times, as long as different import aliases are being used. That is, the following bit of code is valid: import ( "fmt" fumpt "fmt" format "fmt" _ "fmt" ) However, this is very rarely done on purpose. Usually, it is a sign of code that got refactored, accidentally adding duplicate import statements. It is also a rarely known feature, which may contribute to confusion. Do note that sometimes, this feature may be used intentionally (see for example https://github.com/golang/go/commit/3409ce39bfd7584523b7a8c150a310cea92d879d) – if you want to allow this pattern in your code base, you're advised to disable this check.`, Since: "2020.1", MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1020": { Title: "The documentation of an exported function should start with the function's name", Text: `Doc comments work best as complete sentences, which allow a wide variety of automated presentations. The first sentence should be a one-sentence summary that starts with the name being declared. If every doc comment begins with the name of the item it describes, you can use the \'doc\' subcommand of the \'go\' tool and run the output through grep. See https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary for more information on how to write good documentation.`, Since: "2020.1", NonDefault: true, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1021": { Title: "The documentation of an exported type should start with type's name", Text: `Doc comments work best as complete sentences, which allow a wide variety of automated presentations. The first sentence should be a one-sentence summary that starts with the name being declared. If every doc comment begins with the name of the item it describes, you can use the \'doc\' subcommand of the \'go\' tool and run the output through grep. See https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary for more information on how to write good documentation.`, Since: "2020.1", NonDefault: true, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1022": { Title: "The documentation of an exported variable or constant should start with variable's name", Text: `Doc comments work best as complete sentences, which allow a wide variety of automated presentations. The first sentence should be a one-sentence summary that starts with the name being declared. If every doc comment begins with the name of the item it describes, you can use the \'doc\' subcommand of the \'go\' tool and run the output through grep. See https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#commentary for more information on how to write good documentation.`, Since: "2020.1", NonDefault: true, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAny, }, "ST1023": { Title: "Redundant type in variable declaration", Since: "2021.1", NonDefault: true, MergeIf: lint.MergeIfAll, }, })