Debugging in Go is currently flaky as Delve fails to get the proper objects. http://liza.io/are-you-experiencing-shady-output-from-your-go-debugger-try-these-things/ !!! Tools There are several tools to help though. !! Spew https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew Add this import line to the file you're working in: %%prettify {{{ import "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew" }}} /% To dump a variable with full newlines, indentation, type, and pointer information use Dump, Fdump, or Sdump: %%prettify {{{ spew.Dump(myVar1, myVar2, ...) spew.Fdump(someWriter, myVar1, myVar2, ...) str := spew.Sdump(myVar1, myVar2, ...) }}} /% ---- [CategoryComputing.Lang.Go]