001: Error handling in Go

go podcast()

• Wrapping error: fmt.Errorf("error trying to do X: %w", err)
• Package errors: https://pkg.go.dev/errors

Example of not using the happy path at 1st indentation:

try {
if (user.HasAccessTo(Admin) {
if (somethingElse()) {
// happy path
}
else {}
}
else {}
}
catch(Exception ex) {
// what really happened, and where?
}

An example of happy path in idiomatic Go:

ok, error := hasAccessTo(user, ADMIN)
if err != nil || !ok {
// handle not access
}

if !somethingElse() {
// handle something else false
}
// Happy path

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