On: Go Style

[watt]

Indeed, this is one Go convention that I strongly dislike. Java did have that approach once (HTMLDOMURIReference, XMLIDREF and the likes) but they learned their lesson.

And what's the basis of capitalizing D in ID?

[icedchai → watt]

It is commonly abbreviated that way in normal life (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_document ) When I see "Id" in code, I wince.

[euroderf → icedchai]

Rage. Raging Id.

[benji-york → watt]

I also dislike "ID" vs "id" (as short for "identity"), but there is some case for it. The below are from Webster's Third New International Dictionary Unabridged.

First, the case for "id":

    id abbreviation  
    1 [Latin idem] the same

Now for "ID"

    ID noun, plural ID's or IDs [REVISED] [identification]
    1 a : documentation bearing identifying information

[euroderf → benji-york]

And "Id" is that Freudian thang, not quite the same as identification.

[Joker_vD → watt]

Because "ID" is short for "Identification Datum".

[benji-york → Joker_vD]

citation needed