25-go-parser

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What's the most common local and global variable name and in the Go stdlib?

The second episode of the miniseries on program analysis covers go/scanner and ASTs to answer a similar question to the previous episode.

What is the most common name, but this time not for all identifiers but comparing those of local variables versus those that are defined at package leve.

justforfunc 25: deeper program analysis with go/parser

References:

• go/parser: https://golang.org/pkg/go/parser
• go/ast: https://golang.org/pkg/go/ast
• go-spew: https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew

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Overview

parser parses the go programs in the given paths and prints the top five most common names of local variables and variables defined at package level.