> fine, but I've learned enough languages to know that the absolute worst thing you can do when you start out with language Y is make it act just like your previous language X.
Sure, if you want to learn the idiomatic Go way of doing things, you do things the idiomatic way. Once you've reached the point where you have familiarity with the idiomatic way and have a reasoned analysis of why you believe the idiomatic way is wrong (at least for you doing the things you want to do with the language), that's no longer the case.
If you reached the point where you feel comfortable arguing that the idiom is wrong, you've should also have reached the point where you can use the language constrained by features, not by conventional idiom.
Sure, if you want to learn the idiomatic Go way of doing things, you do things the idiomatic way. Once you've reached the point where you have familiarity with the idiomatic way and have a reasoned analysis of why you believe the idiomatic way is wrong (at least for you doing the things you want to do with the language), that's no longer the case.
If you reached the point where you feel comfortable arguing that the idiom is wrong, you've should also have reached the point where you can use the language constrained by features, not by conventional idiom.