If it's a fairly big function, or a common way of dealing with errors in a package you can always define a func (nested or not): func foo() error { handl

If it's a fairly big function, or a common way of dealing with errors in a package you can always define a func (nested or not): func foo() error { handleErr = func(err error) bool { if err != nil { log.Println(err) // do other stuff return true } return false } err := bar() if handleErr(err) { return err } } It's nice and concise.