Redeclaration does not introduce a new variable; it just assigns a new value to the original.
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<pre>
field1, offset := nextField(str, 0)
field2, offset := nextField(str, offset)  // redeclares offset
a, a := 1, 2                              // illegal: double declaration of a or no new variable if a was declared elsewhere
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The non-blank variable names on the left side of <code>:=</code>
must be <a href="#Uniqueness_of_identifiers">unique</a>.
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<pre>
field1, offset := nextField(str, 0)
field2, offset := nextField(str, offset)  // redeclares offset
x, y, x := 1, 2, 3                        // illegal: x repeated on left side of :=
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<p>
Short variable declarations may appear only inside functions.