Go quiz with impossible question

[jordan-bonecutter]

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Q6. Which is the only valid import statement in Go?

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      import "github/gin-gonic/gin"

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      import "https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin"

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      import "../template"

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      import "github.com/gin-gonic/gin"

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has 2 correct answers. Technically, the first one is also correct for a package named github (go mod init github). Inside this package there could be a subdirectory gin-gonic/gin. This could then be imported with the given import statement.

[haxkd]

No, the import statement import "github/gin-gonic/gin" is not correct in Go. It's missing the .com part in the domain.

[jordan-bonecutter]

No, I can do:

go mod init github

Then I can make the subdirectory:

gin-gonic/gin

Now the code in that directory will be importable with github/gin-gonic/gin

[chrishalbert]

While that's a clever way to make the specific case work, that won't always be valid, and if its not always valid, it's invalid - think about a tautology from discrete mathematics.

[jordan-bonecutter]

While that's a clever way to make the specific case work, that won't always be valid, and if its not always valid, it's invalid - think about a tautology from discrete mathematics.

You can say the same about the correct answer. If the owner takes the repository down it will no longer be a valid import. Both are circumstantial.

[chrishalbert]

Today it is valid though. If the day comes that the repository is renamed/archived, yes, you will then be correct at that point in time. If you argued this question on an exam, I think the professor would give you at least partial credit, but I think its pretty cut and dry here. Appreciate the outside the box thinking though!

[jordan-bonecutter]

Today it is valid though. If the day comes that the repository is renamed/archived, yes, you will then be correct at that point in time. If you argued this question on an exam, I think the professor would give you at least partial credit, but I think its pretty cut and dry here. Appreciate the outside the box thinking though!

IMO a bad question. It requires knowing that this repository exists to properly answer. And again, today my answer is correct. No difference