题目
Redhat的首席工程师、Prometheus开源项目Maintainer Bartłomiej Płotka 在Twitter上出了一道Go编程题，结果超过80%的人都回答错了。
题目如下所示，回答下面这段程序的输出结果。
// named_return.go
package main
import "fmt"
func aaa() (done func(), err error) {
return func() { print("aaa: done") }, nil
}
func bbb() (done func(), _ error) {
done, err := aaa()
return func() { print("bbb: surprise!"); done() }, err
}
func main() {
done, _ := bbb()
done()
}
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bbb: surprise! - B:
bbb: surprise!aaa: done - C: 编译报错
- D: 递归栈溢出
大家可以先思考下这段代码的输出结果是什么。
解析
在函数bbb最后执行return语句，会对返回值变量done进行赋值，
done := func() { print("bbb: surprise!"); done() }
复制代码注意：闭包func() { print("bbb: surprise!"); done() }里的done并不会被替换成done, err := aaa()里的done的值。
因此函数bbb执行完之后，返回值之一的done实际上成为了一个递归函数，先是打印"bbb: surprise!"，然后再调用自己，这样就会陷入无限递归，直到栈溢出。因此本题的答案是D。
那为什么函数bbb最后return的闭包func() { print("bbb: surprise!"); done() }里的done并不会被替换成done, err := aaa()里的done的值呢？如果替换了，那本题的答案就是B了。
这个时候就要搬出一句老话了：
This is a feature, not a bug
我们可以看下面这个更为简单的例子，来帮助我们理解：
// named_return1.go
package main
import "fmt"
func test() (done func()) {
return func() { fmt.Println("test"); done() }
}
func main() {
done := test()
// 下面的函数调用会进入死循环，不断打印test
done()
}
复制代码正如上面代码里的注释说明，这段程序同样会进入无限递归直到栈溢出。
如果函数test最后return的闭包func() { fmt.Println("test"); done() }里的done是被提前解析了的话，因为done是一个函数类型的变量，done的零值是nil，那闭包里的done的值就会是nil，执行nil函数是会引发panic的。
但实际上Go设计是允许上面的代码正常执行的**(通过这种方式可以返回一个递归函数)**，因此函数test最后return的闭包里的done的值并不会提前解析，test函数执行完之后，实际上产生了下面的效果，返回的是一个递归函数，和本文开始的题目一样。
done := func() { fmt.Println("test"); done() }
复制代码因此也会进入无限递归，直到栈溢出。
总结
这个题目其实很tricky，在实际编程中，要避免对命名返回值采用这种写法，非常容易出错。
想了解国外Go开发者对这个题目的讨论详情可以参考Go Named Return Parameters Discussion。
另外题目作者也给了如下所示的解释，原文地址可以参考详细解释：
package main
func aaa() (done func(), err error) {
return func() { print("aaa: done") }, nil
}
func bbb() (done func(), _ error) {
// NOTE(bwplotka): Here is the problem. We already defined special "return argument" variable called "done".
// By using `:=` and not `=` we define a totally new variable with the same name in
// new, local function scope.
done, err := aaa()
// NOTE(bwplotka): In this closure (anonymous function), we might think we use `done` from the local scope,
// but we don't! This is because Go "return" as a side effect ASSIGNS returned values to
// our special "return arguments". If they are named, this means that after return we can refer
// to those values with those names during any execution after the main body of function finishes
// (e.g in defer or closures we created).
//
// What is happening here is that no matter what we do in the local "done" variable, the special "return named"
// variable `done` will get assigned with whatever was returned. Which in bbb case is this closure with
// "bbb:surprise" print. This means that anyone who runs this closure AFTER `return` did the assignment
// will start infinite recursive execution.
//
// Note that it's a feature, not a bug. We use this often to capture
// errors (e.g https://github.com/efficientgo/tools/blob/main/core/pkg/errcapture/doc.go)
//
// Go compiler actually detects that `done` variable defined above is NOT USED. But we also have `err`
// variable which is actually used. This makes compiler to satisfy that unused variable check,
// which is wrong in this context..
return func() { print("bbb: surprise!"); done() }, err
}
func main() {
done, _ := bbb()
done()
}
复制代码不过这个解释是有瑕疵的，主要是这句描述：
By using
:=and not=we define a totally new variable with the same name in
new, local function scope.
对于done, err := aaa()，返回变量done并不是一个新的变量，而是和函数bbb的返回变量done是同一个变量。
这里有一个小插曲：本人把这个瑕疵反馈给了原作者，原作者同意了我的意见，删除了这块解释。
最新版的英文解释如下，原文地址可以参考修正版解释。
package main
func aaa() (done func()) {
return func() { print("aaa: done") }
}
func bbb() (done func()) {
done = aaa()
// NOTE(bwplotka): In this closure (anonymous function), we might think we use `done` value assigned to aaa(),
// but we don't! This is because Go "return" as a side effect ASSIGNS returned values to
// our special "return arguments". If they are named, this means that after return we can refer
// to those values with those names during any execution after the main body of function finishes
// (e.g in defer or closures we created).
//
// What is happening here is that no matter what we do with our "done" variable, the special "return named"
// variable `done` will get assigned with whatever was returned when the function ends.
// Which in bbb case is this closure with "bbb:surprise" print. This means that anyone who runs
// this closure AFTER `return` did the assignment, will start infinite recursive execution.
//
// Note that it's a feature, not a bug. We use this often to capture
// errors (e.g https://github.com/efficientgo/tools/blob/main/core/pkg/errcapture/doc.go)
return func() { print("bbb: surprise!"); done() }
}
func main() {
done := bbb()
done()
}
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下面这段代码同样使用了命名返回值，大家可以看看这个道题的输出结果是什么。可以给vx公众号发送消息nrv获取答案。
package main
func bar() (r int) {
defer func() {
r += 4
if recover() != nil {
r += 8
}
}()
var f func()
defer f()
f = func() {
r += 2
}
return 1
}
func main() {
println(bar())
}
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文章和示例代码开源在GitHub: Go语言初级、中级和高级教程。
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