go build exec ./main$exe cmp stderr main.stderr binsubstr main$exe 'globalVar' # 'globalType' only matches on go < 1.15 ! binsubstr main$exe 'localName' 'globalConst' garble -debugdir=debug build exec ./main$exe cmp stderr main.stderr ! binsubstr main$exe 'localName' 'globalConst' 'globalVar' 'globalType' 'valuable information' binsubstr debug/main/scopes.go 'localName' 'globalConst' -- go.mod -- module test/main -- main.go -- package main import ( "encoding/json" "go/ast" ) // This comment contains valuable information. Ensure it's not in the final binary. var V interface{} type T struct { ast.Node *ast.Ident } type EncodingT struct { Foo int } type Embedded int type Embedding struct { Embedded } type embedded int type embedding struct { embedded } // embedded fields whose type is in the universe scope used to crash garble type EmbeddingUniverseScope struct { error int string } func main() { switch V := V.(type) { case int: var _ int = V case nil: println("nil case") } enc, _ := json.Marshal(EncodingT{Foo: 3}) println(string(enc)) scopesTest() } -- scopes.go -- package main const globalConst = 1 type globalType int var ( globalVar = 1 globalVarTyped globalType = 1 ) func scopesTest() { println(globalVar, globalConst, globalVarTyped) const localNameConst = 1 localNameShort := 4 type localNameType int var ( localNameVar = 5 localNameTypeVar localNameType = 1 ) println(localNameConst, localNameShort, localNameVar, localNameTypeVar, input("input")) } func input(localNameParam string) (localNameReturn string) { return localNameParam } -- main.stderr -- nil case {"Foo":3} 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 input