Updated profile as suggested by golint

profile.go

@@ -1,117 +1,130 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2013 by Michael Dvorkin. All Rights Reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style license that can
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 package mop
 
 import (
-	`sort`
 	`encoding/json`
 	`io/ioutil`
 	`os/user`
-	`strings`
+	`sort`
 )
 
+// File name in user's home directory where we store the settings.
 const moprc = `/.moprc`
 
+// Profile manages Mop program settings as defined by user (ex. list of
+// stock tickers). The settings are serialized using JSON and saved in
+// the ~/.moprc file.
 type Profile struct {
-	MarketRefresh	 int
+	Tickers         []string  // List of stock tickers to display.
-	QuotesRefresh	 int
+	MarketRefresh	int       // Time interval to refresh market data.
-	Grouped          bool
+	QuotesRefresh	int 	  // Time interval to refresh stock quotes.
-	Tickers          []string
+	SortColumn      int       // Column number by which we sort stock quotes.
-	SortColumn       int
+	Ascending       bool	  // True when sort order is ascending.
-	Ascending        bool
+	Grouped         bool	  // True when stocks are grouped by advancing/declining.
-	selectedColumn	 int
+	selectedColumn  int 	  // Stores selected column number when the column editor is active.
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Initialize attempts to load the settings from ~/.moprc file. If the
-func (self *Profile) Initialize() *Profile {
+// file is not there it gets created with the default values.
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(self.default_file_name())
+func (profile *Profile) Initialize() *Profile {
-	if err != nil {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(profile.defaultFileName())
-		// Set default values.
+	if err != nil {			    // Set default values:
-		self.MarketRefresh = 12
+		profile.MarketRefresh = 12  // Market data gets fetched every 12s (5 times per minute).
-		self.QuotesRefresh = 5
+		profile.QuotesRefresh = 5   // Stock quotes get updated every 5s (12 times per minute).
-		self.Grouped = false
+		profile.Grouped = false	    // Stock quotes are *not* grouped by advancing/declining.
-		self.Tickers = []string{`AAPL`, `C`, `GOOG`, `IBM`, `KO`, `ORCL`, `V`}
+		profile.Tickers = []string{ `AAPL`, `C`, `GOOG`, `IBM`, `KO`, `ORCL`, `V` }
-		self.SortColumn = 0
+		profile.SortColumn = 0	    // Stock quotes are sorted by ticker name.
-		self.Ascending = true
+		profile.Ascending = true    // A to Z.
-		self.Save()
+		profile.Save()
 	} else {
-		json.Unmarshal(data, self)
+		json.Unmarshal(data, profile)
 	}
-	self.selectedColumn = -1
+	profile.selectedColumn = -1
 
-	return self
+	return profile
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Save serializes settings using JSON and saves them in ~/.moprc file.
-func (self *Profile) Save() error {
+func (profile *Profile) Save() error {
-	if data, err := json.Marshal(self); err != nil {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(profile)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
-	} else {
-		return ioutil.WriteFile(self.default_file_name(), data, 0644)
 	}
-}
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	return ioutil.WriteFile(profile.defaultFileName(), data, 0644)
-func (self *Profile) ListOfTickers() string {
-	return strings.Join(self.Tickers, `+`)
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// AddTickers updates the list of existing tikers to add the new ones making
-func (self *Profile) AddTickers(tickers []string) (added int, err error) {
+// sure there are no duplicates.
-	added = 0
+func (profile *Profile) AddTickers(tickers []string) (added int, err error) {
+	added, err = 0, nil
 	existing := make(map[string]bool)
 
-	for _, ticker := range self.Tickers {
+	// Build a hash of existing tickers so we could look it up quickly.
+	for _, ticker := range profile.Tickers {
 		existing[ticker] = true
 	}
 
+	// Iterate over the list of new tickers excluding the ones that
+	// already exist.
 	for _, ticker := range tickers {
 		if _, found := existing[ticker]; !found {
-			self.Tickers = append(self.Tickers, ticker)
+			profile.Tickers = append(profile.Tickers, ticker)
 			added++
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Strings(self.Tickers)
+
-	err = self.Save()
+	if added > 0 {
+		sort.Strings(profile.Tickers)
+		err = profile.Save()
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// RemoveTickers removes requested stock tickers from the list we track.
-func (self *Profile) RemoveTickers(tickers []string) (removed int, err error) {
+func (profile *Profile) RemoveTickers(tickers []string) (removed int, err error) {
-	removed = 0
+	removed, err = 0, nil
 	for _, ticker := range tickers {
-		for i, existing := range self.Tickers {
+		for i, existing := range profile.Tickers {
-			if ticker == existing { // Requested ticker is there: remove i-th slice item.
+			if ticker == existing {
-				self.Tickers = append(self.Tickers[:i], self.Tickers[i+1:]...)
+				// Requested ticker is there: remove i-th slice item.
+				profile.Tickers = append(profile.Tickers[:i], profile.Tickers[i+1:]...)
 				removed++
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	err = self.Save()
+
+	if removed > 0 {
+		err = profile.Save()
+	}
+
 	return
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Reorder gets called by the column editor to either reverse sorting order
-func (self *Profile) Reorder() error {
+// for the current column, or to pick another sort column.
-	if self.selectedColumn == self.SortColumn {
+func (profile *Profile) Reorder() error {
-		self.Ascending = !self.Ascending
+	if profile.selectedColumn == profile.SortColumn {
+		profile.Ascending = !profile.Ascending	     // Reverse sort order.
 	} else {
-		self.SortColumn = self.selectedColumn
+		profile.SortColumn = profile.selectedColumn  // Pick new sort column.
 	}
-	return self.Save()
+	return profile.Save()
 }
 
-//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Regroup flips the flag that controls whether the stock quotes are grouped
-func (self *Profile) Regroup() error {
+// by advancing/declining issues.
-	self.Grouped = !self.Grouped
+func (profile *Profile) Regroup() error {
-	return self.Save()
+	profile.Grouped = !profile.Grouped
+	return profile.Save()
 }
 
-// private
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-func (self *Profile) default_file_name() string {
+func (profile *Profile) defaultFileName() string {
 	usr, err := user.Current()
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)

yahoo_quotes.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	`io/ioutil`
 	`net/http`
 	`reflect`
+	`strings`
 )
 
 // See http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-stocks.htm
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func (self *Quotes) Fetch() (this *Quotes) {
 			}
 		}()
 
-		url := fmt.Sprintf(quotes_url, self.profile.ListOfTickers())
+		url := fmt.Sprintf(quotes_url, strings.Join(self.profile.Tickers, `+`))
 		response, err := http.Get(url)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)