Go Code Review Comments

Short, practical Go review guidance covering naming, interfaces, errors, comments, and API design.

• Author: Go Team
• Authority: primary
• Kind: guide
• URL: https://go.dev/wiki/CodeReviewComments

What it covers

• package and identifier naming
• interface placement and size
• comment and API review heuristics

Why authoritative

Widely used Go Team review guidance applied in day-to-day idiomatic code review.

Use when

• what would Go code review comments say here
• is this naming idiomatic Go
• is this interface design idiomatic Go

Keywords

• code review comments, naming, interfaces, comments, style

Used by

• dependency-injection
• interface-design
• named-result-parameters
• nil-vs-empty-slices
• package-layout
• package-names
• receiver-choice
• zero-values