From d997dfc6b7235c49c29cfb19762f496e8fcacb10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brandon C. Irizarry" <brandon.irizarry@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:41:12 -0400
Subject: feat: rename Score struct to Player

Also make appropriate renames of related variables.
---
 main.go | 20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'main.go')

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5d0829e..92e9b22 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func main() {
 	game(*numPlayers, *sides)
 }
 
-type Score struct {
+type Player struct {
 	id    int
 	score int
 }
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ func game(numPlayers, faces int) {
 	winningNumber := throwDie(faces)
 	fmt.Printf("Winning number is %d\n", winningNumber)
 
-	// The scores channel communicates the number of turns a
+	// The finishedPlayers channel communicates the number of turns a
 	// player took to hit the winning number.
-	scores := make(chan Score)
+	finishedPlayers := make(chan Player)
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	for i := range numPlayers {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func game(numPlayers, faces int) {
 
 				if outcome == winningNumber {
 					fmt.Printf("Player %d threw the winning number! Their score is %d\n", id, score)
-					scores <- Score{id: id, score: score}
+					finishedPlayers <- Player{id: id, score: score}
 					return
 				}
 
@@ -71,18 +71,18 @@ func game(numPlayers, faces int) {
 
 	go func() {
 		wg.Wait()
-		close(scores)
+		close(finishedPlayers)
 	}()
 
-	minScore := Score{score: math.MaxInt}
+	minFinishedPlayer := Player{score: math.MaxInt}
 
-	for score := range scores {
-		if score.score < minScore.score {
-			minScore = score
+	for score := range finishedPlayers {
+		if score.score < minFinishedPlayer.score {
+			minFinishedPlayer = score
 		}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Player %d won with a score of %d\n", minScore.id, minScore.score)
+	fmt.Printf("Player %d won with a score of %d\n", minFinishedPlayer.id, minFinishedPlayer.score)
 	fmt.Println("Thanks for playing!")
 }
 
-- 
cgit v1.2.3