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sagichmal on June 26, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Next steps toward Go 2

Currently the only way out of a function is via the `return` keyword, or, exceptionally, panic. Those are easy to spot and easy to understand. With try, especially if it's nested in a complex statement e.g.

    fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%s: %d\n", try(getID()), try(getCount()))

a function may return in surprising places.

qtplatypus on June 28, 2019 [–]

I'm not sure that they are easy to spot.

   fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%s: %d\n", getID(), getCount())

Could have hidden panics in it and you would never know.

sagichmal on June 28, 2019 | [–]

Yes, but panics are exceptional, and not something you need to worry about when doing a normal code review. Try would be commonplace.

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