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		Macha on Sept 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go Developer Survey 2022 Q2 Results The problem is worst with procedural functions os.Mkdir("foo") looks pretty innocent but with no return value to use, the compiler is no help in reminding you this is a fallible function

nathants on Sept 8, 2022 [–]

add errcheck and ineffassign to your build script. the compiler should really do this itself.

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