// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus // Learn Go Programming Course // License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ // // For more tutorials : https://learngoprogramming.com // In-person training : https://www.linkedin.com/in/inancgumus/ // Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/inancgumus package main import "fmt" func main() { l := list{ {title: "moby dick", price: 10, released: toTimestamp(118281600)}, {title: "odyssey", price: 15, released: toTimestamp("733622400")}, {title: "hobbit", price: 25}, } l.discount(.5) // The list is a stringer. // The `fmt.Print` function can print the `l` // by calling `l`'s `String()` method. // // Underneath, `fmt.Print` uses a type switch to // detect whether a type is a Stringer: // https://golang.org/src/fmt/print.go#L627 fmt.Print(l) // The money type is a stringer. // You don't need to call the String method when printing a value of it. // var pocket money = 10 // fmt.Println("I have", pocket) } /* Summary: - fmt.Stringer has one method: String() - That returns a string. - It is better to be an fmt.Stringer instead of printing directly. - Implement the String() on a type and the type can represent itself as a string. - Bonus: The functions in the fmt package can print your type. - They use type assertion to detect if a type implements a String() method. - strings.Builder can efficiently combine multiple string values. */