Two type of defer print with different result

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Hello, I am a beginner in Golang, and I have discovered that using these two kinds of defer statements can yield different results. Here is my code.

call 1

func TestDefer(t *testing.T) {
	var test string
	defer t.Log(test)
	test = "hello"
}

call 2

func TestDefer(t *testing.T) {
	var test string
	defer func() {
		t.Log(test)
	}()
	test = "hello"
}

Can someone please explain the reason behind this difference?

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Here’s your answer:

… and from the docs:

Each time a “defer” statement executes, the function value and parameters to the call are evaluated as usual and saved anew but the actual function is not invoked.

So by adding a layer of indirection in the second example, only the outer function is evaluated at the time you add it to the stack (not the call to t.Log). As a new gopher, it’s good to be careful/deliberate about defer statements (along with similar gotchas in goroutines!).

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Thank you

4

when deferred function is a closure, the t.Log() arguments are not evaluated until the closure is executed,

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