struct-instantiation.go

package people

// Declares a variable of type 'Person'. The internal fields of the p variable
// are set to their zero value i.e. FirstName is an empty string and Age is 0
var p Person

// Instantiate a struct by supplying the value of all the struct fields.
var p = Person{"Joe", "Sweeny", 36}

// Initialize a struct by supplying name: value pairs of all the struct fields.
var p = Person{FirstName: "Joe", LastName: "Sweeny", Age: 36}