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I've never used Go, but why not treat err like a Boolean? One of my favorite patterns in Python is a simple "if item: do x" where item can be a sequence, a stri

I've never used Go, but why not treat err like a Boolean? One of my favorite patterns in Python is a simple "if item: do x" where item can be a sequence, a string, or even an integer, where certain values are considered False and certain values are considered True.

frou_dh 7y ago
In general, they deliberately shunned implicit type conversions (in this case, error/interface → bool. Also notably between numerics). Probably due to being fed up from many years exposure to C's static-but-weakly-typed nature.