example: flag variable used before parse - can't adjust bucket start, width using flag arguments

[ii64]

flag defined here
https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/blob/679eb0d315d3bad8963927751537034476a52e25/examples/random/main.go
#L32-L38

used before calling flag.Parse() (derefencing from pointer), default value all the time

client_golang/examples/random/main.go

Lines 50 to 63 in 679eb0d

	[]string{"service"},
	)
	// The same as above, but now as a histogram, and only for the normal
	// distribution. The buckets are targeted to the parameters of the
	// normal distribution, with 20 buckets centered on the mean, each
	// half-sigma wide.
	rpcDurationsHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogram(prometheus.HistogramOpts{
	Name: "rpc_durations_histogram_seconds",
	Help: "RPC latency distributions.",
	Buckets: prometheus.LinearBuckets(*normMean-5**normDomain, .5**normDomain, 20),
	})
	)
	func init() {

calling flag.Parse() (updates the flag value)

client_golang/examples/random/main.go

Lines 70 to 73 in 679eb0d

	func main() {
	flag.Parse()

[beorn7]

Good catch. I simply moved everything into main() in #935.