With defers and named return values, it is actually possible to alter the return value inside of a defer. I had to do this recently to properly log an error (to

With defers and named return values, it is actually possible to alter the return value inside of a defer. I had to do this recently to properly log an error (to abort in the calling code). Also to do with database operations of course: https://github.com/aktau/gomig/blob/a63d309848907a72782dd94ef7e2cb16c254e89b/db/postgres/pg_db_executor.go https://github.com/aktau/gomig/blob/a63d309848907a72782dd94e... It's not the prettiest, but I needed it fixed soon. Will refactor later :). Read about it here as well: http://blog.golang.org/defer-panic-and-recover http://blog.golang.org/defer-panic-and-recover