Explicit Returns

Even though a function has named return values, we can still explicitly return values if we want to.

example.go

func getCoords() (x, y int) {
	return x, y // this is explicit
}

Using this explicit pattern we can even overwrite the return values:

example_overwrite.go

func getCoords() (x, y int) {
    return 5, 6 // this is explicit, x and y are NOT returned
}

Otherwise, if we want to return the values defined in the function signature we can just use a naked return (blank return):

example_naked_return.go

func getCoords() (x, y int) {
    return // implicitly returns x and y
}