But even the else keyword itself is reserved for special occasions in Go. The thing about the language is that if something seems awkward (which I agree your ex

But even the else keyword itself is reserved for special occasions in Go. The thing about the language is that if something seems awkward (which I agree your example is), you have to ask if you are expressing it that way only because that is what you would do in other languages, or if there is a Go way to express it? More often than not, there is a better way to express it. The code you gave serves no purpose, so it is difficult to see how it fits into the larger context of a real application, but it may be possible that you don't need an if/else statement like this at all.