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tidwall • last Tuesday at 3:16 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Or this.

    func fetchUser(id int) (user User, err error) {
        resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://api.example.com/users/%d", id))
        if err != nil {
            return user, err
        }
        defer resp.Body.Close()
        return user, json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&user)
    }

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jtbaker • last Tuesday at 3:26 PM

I'm conflicted about the implicit named returns using this pattern in go. It's definitely tidier but I feel like the control flow is harder to follow: "I never defined `user` how can I return it?".

Also those variables are returned even if you don't explicitly return them, which feels a little unintuitive.

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