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by BarkMore 2606 days ago
The go vet command checks format strings. I expect that the command will be updated to check for correct use of %w.
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What's the point of making it a format string if you are hardcoding where the % identifier goes anyway?!
The %w (or %v) identifier must be at the end for the magic to work, but you can still meaningfully format things in front of the wrapped error, e.g. fmt.Errorf("Write(%s): %w", filename, err)
Why does it need to be at the end?
forward compatibility?