the function completes.
(See also the section on <a href="#Handling_panics">handling panics</a>.)
</p>

<pre>
lock(l)
defer unlock(l)  // unlocking happens before surrounding function returns

// prints 3 2 1 0 before surrounding function returns
for i := 0; i &lt;= 3; i++ {
	defer fmt.Print(i)
}

// f returns 42
func f() (result int) {

the function completes.
(See also the section on <a href="#Handling_panics">handling panics</a>.)
</p>

<pre>
lock(l)
defer unlock(l)  // unlocking happens before surrounding function returns

// prints 3 2 1 0 before surrounding function returns
for i := 0; i &lt;= 3; i++ {
	defer fmt.Print(i)
}

// f returns 42
func f() (result int) {