Yup. This was the main thing that bit me when I was first getting into Go. File names are kind of like classes, and directories are kind of like modules. The encapsulation sits at a slightly different layer than you might expect.
> The main benefit is that you can easily figure out what is where!
Navigating unfamiliar Go codebases yields very few surprises: things are almost always where I expect to find them, and it's great! This is hardly the case with other languages, where I have to rely on grep or trace function-calls
Your expectations may vary depending on where you come from. There are many places one can come from. It's advisable to minimize expectations or assumptions when learning something new, as they could impede your learning process.
It's natural to have expectations based on your experiences.. I think the person you replied to is just trying to help people who might misunderstand go based on those expectations. I think you're getting unnecessarily deep here.
In that case, it would have been necessary to specify the language they come from. The only hints given were 'classes' and 'modules'. Is it Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, Swift, Ruby, VB.NET? All these languages have classes and modules, and they all draw the line of encapsulation at different layers.
Yes, absolutely. Thank you for clarifying what I was saying. Regardless of where you are coming from, it's likely to be the places where there unstated assumptions / cultural-norms that differ from your own where you will experience the biggest "lift" when encountering a new technology. The more a culture aligns with a "lowest common denominator," the more it will be readily understood, and the less it does, the more it will act as an exclusivity gate.
Either could be desirable or undesirable depending on your goals. It's good to be aware of the dynamics so that you can make an informed choice about how to present your code.
On the other hand, learning something tabula rasa takes way longer than if you scaffold it with assumptions. Otherwise, each new skill/language you learn would take as long as the first one.
