Does it? Names are documentation no? Eg, that's the one thing I actually like about named return values. In my perfect world, we would have named return values

Does it? Names are documentation no? Eg, that's the one thing I actually like about named return values. In my perfect world, we would have named return values by default, so then we could use them to document the return values, but never empty returns. Empty returns are the only problem with named return values Imo, as it's easy to accidentally slip values into the return that you didn't intend. Though, I had always wondered about returning copies like Foo{} on every return.. guess I know now. edit: As an aside, I should not dismiss your cluttering comment. I did so, because I feel it's unrelated to this exact topic. If named return values, something which by it's very nature conveys additional information, is cluttering the godocs, then that should be a bug, and filed/fixed accordingly. Imo.