diff --git a/methods/methods.go b/methods/methods.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/methods/methods.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+)
+
+type vertex struct {
+    x, y float64
+}
+
+// note that this one can deal fine with a copy:
+func (v vertex) abs() float64 {
+    return v.x + v.y
+}
+
+// but this function needs access to the actual struct members
+func (v *vertex) scale(s float64) {
+    v.x *= s
+    v.y *= s
+}
+
+func main() {
+    v := vertex{1.1, 2.2}
+    fmt.Println(v.abs())
+    v.scale(12)
+    fmt.Println(v.abs())
+}
diff --git a/tags b/tags
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+++ b/tags
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+!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT	2	/extended format; --format=1 will not append ;" to lines/
+!_TAG_FILE_SORTED	1	/0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR	Darren Hiebert	/dhiebert@users.sourceforge.net/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME	Exuberant Ctags	//
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL	http://ctags.sourceforge.net	/official site/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION	5.8	//