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0 pointsdgellow5y ago0 comments

You have go-lint or other linters to enforce it. It’s a per-project choice.

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It's either a "per-project/leave it to the linter" choice, or a "they did this in the language to force people to handle errors close to the source".

Can't have it both ways!

dgellowOP5y ago

The “force” is the part that is incorrect, or at least misleading. The go approach is to encourage people to handle it at the call site, and you can use extra tooling to enforce it.

Once you get that point, there is no contradiction.

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coldtea5y ago

It's either a "per-project/leave it to the linter" choice, or a "they did this in the language to force people to handle errors close to the source".

Can't have it both ways!

dgellowOP5y ago

The “force” is the part that is incorrect, or at least misleading. The go approach is to encourage people to handle it at the call site, and you can use extra tooling to enforce it.

Once you get that point, there is no contradiction.

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