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		styluss 60 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Several core problems with Rust In Go, if one would ignore the error, it could result in a panic or the program would continue with some unexpected state. Go projects work on an honour system and either return Nils with errors or empty structs.

dontlaugh 60 days ago [–]

The same case in Go would’ve probably been a nil panic.

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