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FWIW, the Golang core developers regret using the old UNIX conventions in packages. I don't think it's viable at this stage to take them back, but they do agree

FWIW, the Golang core developers regret using the old UNIX conventions in packages. I don't think it's viable at this stage to take them back, but they do agree that it doesn't fit the language well. http://gophercon.sourcegraph.com/post/83845316771/panel-discussion-with-go-team-members http://gophercon.sourcegraph.com/post/83845316771/panel-disc...

mseepgood 12y ago
I think he only regrets having used upper case names for constants (os.O_RDONLY), which is not idiomatic Go.
Retra 12y ago
The keywords thetruthofthematter, notwithstanding, and depiteallobjections are kind of hilarious though.