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Receiver has a generic name

Reports receiver names like me, this, self, or names that differ from other receiver names for this type.

Example:

func (self *MeterSnapshot) Rate5() float64 { return math.Float64frombits(self.rate5) }

According to Receiver Names at github.com/golang, you should not use generic names such as "me", "this", or "self". These identifiers are typical for object-oriented languages and might give the method a special meaning.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

GoReceiverNames
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Go | Code style issues

Inspection ID: GoReceiverNames

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection GoReceiverNames

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

GoLand 2025.2, Qodana for Go 2025.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

Go, 252.26654.0

Last modified: 18 September 2025