alt Hacker NewsError handling is some of the least fun parts of writing code. In all languages.
But in any case, why so much fear of being wrong?
> we have fine-grained control over the language version via go.mod files and file-specific directives
And that may be the real truth of it: Error handling in Go just isn't ... that much of a problem to force action?
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dlock17 • last Wednesday at 1:12 AM
This is also my feeling. And I wouldn't even have minded the ? syntax.
It seems that now that Ian's left the rest of the Go team is just being honest about what they are willing to spend their time on.
And I'm more than fine with that, because look at this comment section. You can't please everybody.
> And that may be the real truth of it: Error handling in Go just isn't ... that much of a problem to force action?
I you are right that this is the truth of it. Error handling just isn’t that big a problem. 13% reported it on the survey cited. That doesn’t seem that significant. And honestly, after writing Go, I barely notice error handling as I’m writing/reading code anyway. If anything I appreciate it a bit more than exceptions.
Always something that can be complained about. But it doesn’t mean every complaint is a huge deal.