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> if a write fails. We're talking about a read-only case. os.Open returns a read-only file handle. If you try writing to it, you'll get an error already at tha

> if a write fails. We're talking about a read-only case. os.Open returns a read-only file handle. If you try writing to it, you'll get an error already at that point. If close fails, who cares? > I'm not sure how they would handle a file close failure Ideally there is some kind of failover you can resort to, but if there is no other option at very least you will want to notify a human that what they thought was written isn't actually. But when only reading, you don't need to fall back to anything – all the reads were successful – and what is it to the human? What they thought was supposed to happen did!

nightowl_games 2y ago
I don't know how you can confidently say "if close fails, who cares" all over this thread. If close fails, I wanna know and I wanna know why.
- randomdata 2y ago
  Let me introduce you to the question mark, seen on your screen as the '?' character. It indicates that a question is asked. This is important as... Never has "who cares" been confidently said. It has always been asked "who cares?". And not asked in a vacuum either, but specifically asked alongside the question of what is to be gained from the knowledge of the error. We now know that you allegedly care, which is a promising start. But you purposefully ignored the other question, which questions the credibly of your care. You can't meaningfully care about something if you don't know why you care about it, and if you knew you'd have told us about it already as it nonsensical to answer to the "who cares?" question alone, so...
  - nightowl_games 2y ago
    I care about it because it's unexpected. I seek to wrap my mind as fully as possible around the behavior of my programs. Unexpected behavior like this indicates there is something I do not understand. I cannot rely on my programs if I do not understand them. I cannot state they are robust and stable if I do not understand these sorts of details.

nightowl_games 2y ago

I don't know how you can confidently say "if close fails, who cares" all over this thread. If close fails, I wanna know and I wanna know why.

randomdata 2y ago
Let me introduce you to the question mark, seen on your screen as the '?' character. It indicates that a question is asked. This is important as... Never has "who cares" been confidently said. It has always been asked "who cares?". And not asked in a vacuum either, but specifically asked alongside the question of what is to be gained from the knowledge of the error. We now know that you allegedly care, which is a promising start. But you purposefully ignored the other question, which questions the credibly of your care. You can't meaningfully care about something if you don't know why you care about it, and if you knew you'd have told us about it already as it nonsensical to answer to the "who cares?" question alone, so...
- nightowl_games 2y ago
  I care about it because it's unexpected. I seek to wrap my mind as fully as possible around the behavior of my programs. Unexpected behavior like this indicates there is something I do not understand. I cannot rely on my programs if I do not understand them. I cannot state they are robust and stable if I do not understand these sorts of details.