You don't say what version of Go you are running, but as of Go 1.6, templates can be redefined, which supports the new 'block' feature.
You are redefining a template, which used to be an error but is not any more. -rob On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Evan Digby <evandi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm noticing that if I accidentally create a second template with the same > name but no content there is no error reported when I "parse" it, but then > when I attempt to execute it I do see an error: > > https://play.golang.org/p/Rj3433vvju > > Is this expected behaviour? Why wouldn't it simply return an error from > the Parse call? > > The key is the second template must have no content. The following does > not return an error on execute: > > https://play.golang.org/p/O5xv5rS-cg (both have content) > https://play.golang.org/p/kaoVWRunrP (only the second has content) > > I have also noticed that this isn't an issue if they are not all based > from the same template: > > https://play.golang.org/p/iLoHokX4uy > https://play.golang.org/p/T07Z9rvfmW > > The inconsistency in behaviour between the examples listed is a bit > confusing. If there truly is expected that the one case that does error our > on execute should error out, and not the others, I believe that the error > makes more sense (and could be easily caught) on the Parse call, not the > execute call. > > Can someone provide some insight into why this might legitimately be > behaving this way? > > Thank you! > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.