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I shouldve just learnt Go I'm getting clowned on by the fucking ai I'm gonna die (discuss.online)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It is similar to old error codes, but I feel that this makes one always have to be mindful of error handling and the non happy path

Technically you need a separate linter (errcheck) to ensure you don't just ignore errors. This is...not great. (That should have been a compiler error.)

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, true. Having it built in in the compilation would be nice. Or at least having errcheck as a tool which already comes packed with Go.

    Go has changed over time to include more things like this. Maybe one day this will be addressed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah, I was particularly glad to see the change in loop variable semantics become a stable part of the language. That was a terrible footgun.

    There are other things I dislike about Go, but I do think it's improving while maintaining its better qualities, which is no small feat.

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