golint -min_confidence=0.3 .

This commits removes a number of golint warnings. There is a class of
warnings which I can't fix due to unsufficient knowledge of the domain
at this point. These are listed here:

addrmanager.go:907:1: comment on exported method AddrManager.Attempt
should be of the form "Attempt ..."
addrmanager.go:1048:1: exported function RFC1918 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1058:1: exported function RFC3849 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1065:1: exported function RFC3927 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1073:1: exported function RFC3964 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1081:1: exported function RFC4193 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1089:1: exported function RFC4380 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1097:1: exported function RFC4843 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1105:1: exported function RFC4862 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1113:1: exported function RFC6052 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1121:1: exported function RFC6145 should have comment or
be unexported
addrmanager.go:1128:1: exported function Tor should have comment or be
unexported
addrmanager.go:1143:1: exported function Local should have comment or be
unexported
addrmanager.go:1228:2: exported const InterfacePrio should have comment
(or a comment on this block) or be unexported
discovery.go:26:2: exported var ErrTorInvalidAddressResponse should have
comment or be unexported
limits/limits_unix.go:19:1: exported function SetLimits should have
comment or be unexported
limits/limits_windows.go:7:1: exported function SetLimits should have
comment or be unexported
util/dropafter/dropafter.go:22:6: exported type ShaHash should have
comment or be unexported
util/dropafter/dropafter.go:38:2: exported const ArgSha should have
comment (or a comment on this block) or be unexported
util/dropafter/dropafter.go:128:5: exported var ErrBadShaPrefix should
have comment or be unexported
util/dropafter/dropafter.go:129:5: exported var ErrBadShaLen should have
comment or be unexported
util/dropafter/dropafter.go:130:5: exported var ErrBadShaChar should
have comment or be unexported
util/showblock/showblock.go:24:6: exported type ShaHash should have
comment or be unexported
util/showblock/showblock.go:46:2: exported const ArgSha should have
comment (or a comment on this block) or be unexported
util/showblock/showblock.go:163:1: exported function DumpBlock should
have comment or be unexported
util/showblock/showblock.go:211:5: exported var ErrBadShaPrefix should
have comment or be unexported
util/showblock/showblock.go:212:5: exported var ErrBadShaLen should have
comment or be unexported
util/showblock/showblock.go:213:5: exported var ErrBadShaChar should
have comment or be unexported

addrmanager.go

@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func (a *AddrManager) reset() {
 	}
 }
 
-// New returns a new bitcoin address manager.
+// NewAddrManager returns a new bitcoin address manager.
 // Use Start to begin processing asynchronous address updates.
 func NewAddrManager() *AddrManager {
 	am := AddrManager{
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ func hostToNetAddress(host string, port uint16, services btcwire.ServiceFlag) (*
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if len(ips) == 0 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("No addresses found for %s", host)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("no addresses found for %s", host)
 		}
 		ip = ips[0]
 	}
@@ -805,9 +805,8 @@ func ipString(na *btcwire.NetAddress) string {
 		// We know now that na.IP is long enogh.
 		base32 := base32.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(na.IP[6:])
 		return strings.ToLower(base32) + ".onion"
-	} else {
-		return na.IP.String()
 	}
+	return na.IP.String()
 }
 
 // NetAddressKey returns a string key in the form of ip:port for IPv4 addresses
@@ -1229,7 +1228,7 @@ const (
 	InterfacePrio addressPrio = iota // address of local interface.
 	BoundPrio                        // Address explicitly bound to.
 	UpnpPrio                         // External IP discovered from UPnP
-	HttpPrio                         // Obtained from internet service.
+	HTTPPrio                         // Obtained from internet service.
 	ManualPrio                       // provided by --externalip.
 )
 
@@ -1274,54 +1273,76 @@ func getReachabilityFrom(na, fromna *btcwire.NetAddress) int {
 		Unreachable = 0
 		Default     = iota
 		Teredo
-		Ipv6_weak
+		Ipv6Weak
 		Ipv4
-		Ipv6_strong
+		Ipv6Strong
 		Private
 	)
+
 	if !Routable(fromna) {
 		return Unreachable
-	} else if Tor(fromna) {
+	}
+
+	if Tor(fromna) {
 		if Tor(na) {
 			return Private
-		} else if Routable(na) && na.IP.To4() != nil {
+		}
+
+		if Routable(na) && na.IP.To4() != nil {
 			return Ipv4
-		} else {
+		}
+
 		return Default
 	}
-	} else if RFC4380(fromna) {
+
+	if RFC4380(fromna) {
 		if !Routable(na) {
 			return Default
-		} else if RFC4380(na) {
-			return Teredo
-		} else if na.IP.To4() != nil {
-			return Ipv4
-		} else { // ipv6
-			return Ipv6_weak
 		}
-	} else if fromna.IP.To4() != nil {
+
+		if RFC4380(na) {
+			return Teredo
+		}
+
+		if na.IP.To4() != nil {
+			return Ipv4
+		}
+
+		return Ipv6Weak
+	}
+
+	if fromna.IP.To4() != nil {
 		if Routable(na) && na.IP.To4() != nil {
 			return Ipv4
 		}
 		return Default
-	} else /* ipv6 */ {
+	}
+
+	/* ipv6 */
 	var tunnelled bool
 	// Is our v6 is tunnelled?
 	if RFC3964(na) || RFC6052(na) || RFC6145(na) {
 		tunnelled = true
 	}
+
 	if !Routable(na) {
 		return Default
-		} else if RFC4380(na) {
+	}
+
+	if RFC4380(na) {
 		return Teredo
-		} else if na.IP.To4() != nil {
+	}
+
+	if na.IP.To4() != nil {
 		return Ipv4
-		} else if tunnelled {
+	}
+
+	if tunnelled {
 		// only prioritise ipv6 if we aren't tunnelling it.
-			return Ipv6_weak
+		return Ipv6Weak
-		}
-		return Ipv6_strong
 	}
+
+	return Ipv6Strong
 }
 
 // getBestLocalAddress returns the most appropriate local address that we know

addrmanager_test.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type ipTest struct {
 var naTests = make([]naTest, 0)
 var ipTests = make([]ipTest, 0)
 
-func addIpTest(ip string, rfc1918, rfc3849, rfc3927, rfc3964, rfc4193, rfc4380,
+func addIPTest(ip string, rfc1918, rfc3849, rfc3927, rfc3964, rfc4193, rfc4380,
 	rfc4843, rfc4862, rfc6052, rfc6145, local, valid, routable bool) {
 	nip := net.ParseIP(ip)
 	na := btcwire.NetAddress{
@@ -55,38 +55,38 @@ func addIpTest(ip string, rfc1918, rfc3849, rfc3927, rfc3964, rfc4193, rfc4380,
 	ipTests = append(ipTests, test)
 }
 
-func addIpTests() {
+func addIPTests() {
-	addIpTest("10.255.255.255", true, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("10.255.255.255", true, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("192.168.0.1", true, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("192.168.0.1", true, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("172.31.255.1", true, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("172.31.255.1", true, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("172.32.1.1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("172.32.1.1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, true)
-	addIpTest("169.254.250.120", false, false, true, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("169.254.250.120", false, false, true, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("0.0.0.0", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("0.0.0.0", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, true, false, false)
-	addIpTest("255.255.255.255", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("255.255.255.255", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, false, false)
-	addIpTest("127.0.0.1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("127.0.0.1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, true, true, false)
-	addIpTest("fd00:dead::1", false, false, false, false, true, false,
+	addIPTest("fd00:dead::1", false, false, false, false, true, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("2001::1", false, false, false, false, false, true,
+	addIPTest("2001::1", false, false, false, false, false, true,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, true)
-	addIpTest("2001:10:abcd::1:1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("2001:10:abcd::1:1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		true, false, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("fe80::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("fe80::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, true, false, false, false, true, false)
-	addIpTest("fe80:1::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("fe80:1::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, true)
-	addIpTest("64:ff9b::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("64:ff9b::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, true, false, false, true, true)
-	addIpTest("::ffff:abcd:ef12:1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("::ffff:abcd:ef12:1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, false, true, true)
-	addIpTest("::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
+	addIPTest("::1", false, false, false, false, false, false,
 		false, false, false, false, true, true, false)
 }
 
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ func TestGetAddress(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestIpTypes(t *testing.T) {
+func TestIPTypes(t *testing.T) {
-	addIpTests()
+	addIPTests()
 
 	t.Logf("Running %d tests", len(ipTests))
 	for _, test := range ipTests {

btcd.go

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func btcdMain(serverChan chan<- *server) error {
 	}
 
 	// Write cpu profile if requested.
-	if cfg.CpuProfile != "" {
+	if cfg.CPUProfile != "" {
-		f, err := os.Create(cfg.CpuProfile)
+		f, err := os.Create(cfg.CPUProfile)
 		if err != nil {
 			btcdLog.Errorf("Unable to create cpu profile: %v", err)
 			return err

config.go

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type config struct {
 	DisableCheckpoints bool          `long:"nocheckpoints" description:"Disable built-in checkpoints.  Don't do this unless you know what you're doing."`
 	DbType             string        `long:"dbtype" description:"Database backend to use for the Block Chain"`
 	Profile            string        `long:"profile" description:"Enable HTTP profiling on given port -- NOTE port must be between 1024 and 65536"`
-	CpuProfile         string        `long:"cpuprofile" description:"Write CPU profile to the specified file"`
+	CPUProfile         string        `long:"cpuprofile" description:"Write CPU profile to the specified file"`
 	DebugLevel         string        `short:"d" long:"debuglevel" description:"Logging level for all subsystems {trace, debug, info, warn, error, critical} -- You may also specify <subsystem>=<level>,<subsystem2>=<level>,... to set the log level for individual subsystems -- Use show to list available subsystems"`
 	Upnp               bool          `long:"upnp" description:"Use UPnP to map our listening port outside of NAT"`
 	FreeTxRelayLimit   float64       `long:"limitfreerelay" description:"Limit relay of transactions with no transaction fee to the given amount in thousands of bytes per minute"`
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func validDbType(dbType string) bool {
 // removeDuplicateAddresses returns a new slice with all duplicate entries in
 // addrs removed.
 func removeDuplicateAddresses(addrs []string) []string {
-	result := make([]string, 0)
+	var result []string
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
 	for _, val := range addrs {
 		if _, ok := seen[val]; !ok {

discovery.go

@@ -17,26 +17,26 @@ const (
 	torNetUnreachable    = 0x03
 	torHostUnreachable   = 0x04
 	torConnectionRefused = 0x05
-	torTtlExpired        = 0x06
+	torTTLExpired        = 0x06
 	torCmdNotSupported   = 0x07
 	torAddrNotSupported  = 0x08
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrTorInvalidAddressResponse = errors.New("Invalid address response")
+	ErrTorInvalidAddressResponse = errors.New("invalid address response")
-	ErrTorInvalidProxyResponse   = errors.New("Invalid proxy response")
+	ErrTorInvalidProxyResponse   = errors.New("invalid proxy response")
-	ErrTorUnrecognizedAuthMethod = errors.New("Invalid proxy authentication method")
+	ErrTorUnrecognizedAuthMethod = errors.New("invalid proxy authentication method")
 
 	torStatusErrors = map[byte]error{
-		torSucceeded:         errors.New("Tor succeeded"),
+		torSucceeded:         errors.New("tor succeeded"),
-		torGeneralError:      errors.New("Tor general error"),
+		torGeneralError:      errors.New("tor general error"),
-		torNotAllowed:        errors.New("Tor not allowed"),
+		torNotAllowed:        errors.New("tor not allowed"),
-		torNetUnreachable:    errors.New("Tor network is unreachable"),
+		torNetUnreachable:    errors.New("tor network is unreachable"),
-		torHostUnreachable:   errors.New("Tor host is unreachable"),
+		torHostUnreachable:   errors.New("tor host is unreachable"),
-		torConnectionRefused: errors.New("Tor connection refused"),
+		torConnectionRefused: errors.New("tor connection refused"),
-		torTtlExpired:        errors.New("Tor ttl expired"),
+		torTTLExpired:        errors.New("tor TTL expired"),
-		torCmdNotSupported:   errors.New("Tor command not supported"),
+		torCmdNotSupported:   errors.New("tor command not supported"),
-		torAddrNotSupported:  errors.New("Tor address type not supported"),
+		torAddrNotSupported:  errors.New("tor address type not supported"),
 	}
 )
 

limits/limits_plan9.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package limits
 
-// Plan 9 has no process accounting. no-op here
+// SetLimits is a no-op on Plan 9 due to the lack of process accounting.
 func SetLimits() error {
 	return nil
 }

rpcserver.go

@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ func handleAddNode(s *rpcServer, cmd btcjson.Cmd, closeChan <-chan struct{}) (in
 	case "onetry":
 		err = s.server.AddAddr(addr, false)
 	default:
-		err = errors.New("Invalid subcommand for addnode")
+		err = errors.New("invalid subcommand for addnode")
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {

server.go

@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ func newServer(listenAddrs []string, db btcdb.Db, netParams *btcnet.Params) (*se
 		}
 
 		if len(listeners) == 0 {
-			return nil, errors.New("No valid listen address")
+			return nil, errors.New("no valid listen address")
 		}
 	}
 

util/btcctl/btcctl.go

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type handlerData struct {
 
 // Errors used in the various handlers.
 var (
-	ErrNoDisplayHandler = errors.New("No display handler specified.")
+	ErrNoDisplayHandler = errors.New("no display handler specified")
 	ErrUsage            = errors.New("btcctl usage") // Real usage is shown.
 )
 
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ func makeWalletPassphraseChange(args []interface{}) (btcjson.Cmd, error) {
 func send(cfg *config, msg []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 	var reply btcjson.Reply
 	var err error
-	if cfg.NoTls || (cfg.RPCCert == "" && !cfg.TlsSkipVerify) {
+	if cfg.NoTLS || (cfg.RPCCert == "" && !cfg.TLSSkipVerify) {
 		reply, err = btcjson.RpcCommand(cfg.RPCUser, cfg.RPCPassword,
 			cfg.RPCServer, msg)
 	} else {
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ func send(cfg *config, msg []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 		}
 		reply, err = btcjson.TlsRpcCommand(cfg.RPCUser,
 			cfg.RPCPassword, cfg.RPCServer, msg, pem,
-			cfg.TlsSkipVerify)
+			cfg.TLSSkipVerify)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -847,12 +847,12 @@ func send(cfg *config, msg []byte) (interface{}, error) {
 func sendCommand(cfg *config, command btcjson.Cmd) (interface{}, error) {
 	msg, err := json.Marshal(command)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("CreateMessage: %v", err.Error())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("createMessage: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	reply, err := send(cfg, msg)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("RpcCommand: %v", err.Error())
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("rpcCommand: %v", err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return reply, nil
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ func commandHandler(cfg *config, command string, data *handlerData, args []strin
 	// specified.
 	convHandlers := data.conversionHandlers
 	if convHandlers != nil && len(convHandlers) < len(args) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("The number of conversion handlers is invalid.")
+		return fmt.Errorf("the number of conversion handlers is invalid")
 	}
 
 	// Convert input parameters per the conversion handlers.

util/btcctl/config.go

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ type config struct {
 	RPCPassword   string `short:"P" long:"rpcpass" default-mask:"-" description:"RPC password"`
 	RPCServer     string `short:"s" long:"rpcserver" description:"RPC server to connect to"`
 	RPCCert       string `short:"c" long:"rpccert" description:"RPC server certificate chain for validation"`
-	NoTls         bool   `long:"notls" description:"Disable TLS"`
+	NoTLS         bool   `long:"notls" description:"Disable TLS"`
 	TestNet3      bool   `long:"testnet" description:"Connect to testnet"`
 	SimNet        bool   `long:"simnet" description:"Connect to the simulation test network"`
-	TlsSkipVerify bool   `long:"skipverify" description:"Do not verify tls certificates (not recommended!)"`
+	TLSSkipVerify bool   `long:"skipverify" description:"Do not verify tls certificates (not recommended!)"`
 	Wallet        bool   `long:"wallet" description:"Connect to wallet"`
 }