[jlgreco]

Yeah, but arguably not as non-idiomatic as letting panics cross package boundaries. So long as you keep it all in your package I don't imagine very many people will mind if you use them a tad liberally (use them for things that are not truly exceptional).

I think most people who are bothered by Go's error handling are really just bothered by cross-package panics not being idiomatic (and thank god they aren't).