> I think that the difference between the Go way and exceptions is that exceptions are “automatic” and thus invisible That exceptions automatically take care o

> I think that the difference between the Go way and exceptions is that exceptions are “automatic” and thus invisible That exceptions automatically take care of propagating context is a big plus. > See, for example, how Rob Pike et al. do error handling in their Upspin project[1] The fact that there needs to be an entire blog post just to explain how to use errors in golang properly is quite telling about how poor of a job it does. Not to mention all the hoops they have to jump to propagate useful information, all of which we already have in languages with exceptions.