Go golang, syntax error: unexpected ++, expecting :

Question

  func test(args ...string) {
    var msg map[string] interface{}

    i := 0
    msg[\"product\"] = args[i++]
    msg[\"key\"] = args[i++]
    msg[\"signature\"] = args         


        

Answer 1

As other people have said i++ is a statement in go, not an expression as it is in C. Go has a different way of expressing the same intent using multiple assignment:

func test(args ...string) {
    msg := make(map[string]string)
    i := 0

    msg["product"], i = args[i], i+1
    msg["key"], i = args[i], i+1
    msg["signature"], i = args[i], i+1
    msg["string_to_sign"], i = args[i], i+1

    fmt.Printf("%v\n", msg)
}

Your definition of map would have failed at runtime too.

Answer 2

++ operator is disappointing. This is my hack:

func test(args ...string) {
    i := 0
    inc := func(i *int) int { *i++; return i }
    var msg map[string] interface{}

    msg["product"] = args[inc(&i)]
    msg["key"] = args[inc(&i)]
    msg["signature"] = args[inc(&i)]
    msg["string_to_sign"] = args[inc(&i)]
  }

Answer 3

According to Language Specification, http://golang.org/ref/spec#IncDec_statements, i++ is a IncDec statements, which is a statement, but not a expression.As for args[index], index must be a expression. You want more details , just read it Go Language Specification, it's just what the language demand.

Answer 4

Go Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Why are ++ and -- statements and not expressions? And why postfix, not prefix?

Without pointer arithmetic, the convenience value of pre- and postfix increment operators drops. By removing them from the expression hierarchy altogether, expression syntax is simplified and the messy issues around order of evaluation of ++ and -- (consider f(i++) and p[i] = q[++i]) are eliminated as well. The simplification is significant. As for postfix vs. prefix, either would work fine but the postfix version is more traditional; insistence on prefix arose with the STL, a library for a language whose name contains, ironically, a postfix increment.

The Go Programming Language Specification

IncDec statements

The "++" and "--" statements increment or decrement their operands by the untyped constant 1. As with an assignment, the operand must be addressable or a map index expression.

IncDecStmt = Expression ( "++" | "--" ) .

The following assignment statements are semantically equivalent:

IncDec statement    Assignment
x++                 x += 1
x--                 x -= 1

Write,

func test(args ...string) {
    var msg map[string]interface{}
    i := 0
    msg["product"] = args[i]
    i++
    msg["key"] = args[i]
    i++
    msg["signature"] = args[i]
    i++
    msg["string_to_sign"] = args[i]
}

Which, in your particular case, simplifies to,

func test(args ...string) {
    var msg map[string]interface{}
    msg["product"] = args[0]
    msg["key"] = args[1]
    msg["signature"] = args[2]
    msg["string_to_sign"] = args[3]
}