Yes, but it's much easier to recognize ignored error codes than ignored exceptions: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/14/352949.aspx http://b

Yes, but it's much easier to recognize ignored error codes than ignored exceptions: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/14/352949.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/14/35294... In Go, it's even easier to recognize ignored error codes because you tend to have fewer levels of indentation and sometimes an explicit "_" when you're discarding a return value.