I personally don't like golang's defer. For me it obscures the flow of the program. For example when I acquire a lock, I like to see where exactly it's released

I personally don't like golang's defer. For me it obscures the flow of the program. For example when I acquire a lock, I like to see where exactly it's released. For me "defer" only makes sense in the context of exceptions, basically as an equivalent to "finally". This is a slippery slope though, since golang's exceptions are, for a reason, rudimentary.