What are you returning for error in its “junk” state, then? Clearly not nil, else by your assertion your code will panic. error has member accessors you will ca

What are you returning for error in its “junk” state, then? Clearly not nil, else by your assertion your code will panic. error has member accessors you will call - Error() if nothing else. Methinks you’ve not thought this through. What’s it about the word error that trips up programmers like this?