While Go could probably be better at not letting you shoot yourself in the foot, 1-4 seem to be code smells - you should fix your code and not the language. 5-6

While Go could probably be better at not letting you shoot yourself in the foot, 1-4 seem to be code smells - you should fix your code and not the language. 5-6 seem to be personal preference, I have no problem with either as they are and they certainly don't trip me up. #7 as the author says himself: > noone actually cares, it’s just fine