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0 pointseweise2y ago0 comments

To me, the problem is that Go returns two values which makes it hard to compose functions.

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That's deliberate to stop you trying to compose functions that return errors. You should be explicitly handling the errors before you compose.

eweiseOP2y ago

great, except 99% of the time I want to handle the error by bubbling it up to a top level routine.

From my experience, "handling" the error means wrapping it in another error and returning, which is what you get from other languages for free.

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That's deliberate to stop you trying to compose functions that return errors. You should be explicitly handling the errors before you compose.

eweiseOP2y ago

great, except 99% of the time I want to handle the error by bubbling it up to a top level routine.

From my experience, "handling" the error means wrapping it in another error and returning, which is what you get from other languages for free.

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