[tmpz22]

> complain about `err != nil` after all

Not to nitpick this specifically but as a generic reminder not all complaints are worthy of shifting the trajectory of a massively popular programming language.

Balancing "worthy" and "unworthy" changes is really hard both in the community and discussions like this one. I don't envy the teams that have to do it.

[bombolo]

Not forcing to check errors is akin to what you do in C, and even there compilers complain about this.