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by int_19h 1763 days ago
I would argue that e.g. decent error handling is not "fancy shit".
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theshrike79 1763 days ago
It's perfectly decent, it forces you to explicitly handle or ignore every error.

It's verbose as all hell, but on the other hand you'll notice immediately if it's missing.

Go is not a "fun" language by any means, but that doesn't mean it's not a productive one.

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int_19h 1763 days ago
I don't see how it forces you to ignore? You don't have to be explicit to ignore the returned error code.
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theshrike79 1762 days ago
That's what the underscore is for, explicit ignore. And it's a huge code smell.

You instantly notice it because the if err != nil -template is missing after it =)

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int_19h 1762 days ago
Sorry, I didn't word that well. What I meant is that you can ignore the returned value altogether, including the error.

https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20803

In contrast, e.g. Zig requires you to use _ if you want to ignore.

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