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Because Go silently gives you zero/null instead
by richardwhiuk 11mo ago
Because Go silently gives you zero/null instead
- ergocoder 11mo agowhich mean an unexpected behavior could go unnoticed for a long time. I'd prefer a loud crash over that.
- karel-3d 11mo agoWell look at the failure modes in the original article. In the original PHP code, all worked, only it didn't properly check for bots. The new Rust code did a loud crash and took off half of the internet.
- karel-3d 11mo agoIdiomatically, it gives you `err` and you do `if err != nil {return err}`. While in rust you mostly do `.unwrap` and panic. It's not in the type system, but it's idiomatic
- richardwhiuk 11mo agoGet a key from a map and forget to check the error.