Sure, I understand that from the POV of making your code explicit. Personally I have always tended towards, for example: var x string when initializing e

Sure, I understand that from the POV of making your code explicit. Personally I have always tended towards, for example: var x string when initializing empty (zero-value) vars, versus: x := "hello" when initializing variables that should hold an initial value. To me as a Go programmer at least, this is more obvious and intuitive as to the intent of the declaration.