"Type embedding" allows for something close to inheritance in Go. If you add a type as a nameless parameter on a struct, the field and methods of that type are "promoted" to the new type.

Example:

type Person struct {
    Name string
}

func (p Person) sayHi() {
    fmt.Printf("Hello, my name is %s!\n", p.Name)
}

type Programmer struct {
    Person                    // important: this shouldn't be named
    PreferredIndentationStyle string
}

func main() {
    test := Programmer{
        Person: Person{
            Name: "Matt",
        },
        PreferredIndentationStyle: "tabs",
    }

    // You can access Person's methods...
    test.sayHi()

    // ...and also its properties.
    fmt.Printf("%s prefers %s.\n", test.Name, test.PreferredIndentationStyle)
}
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