So… Given that I'm *not* talking about modifying any contract - see a) in my previous message - but just making an effort that I'm not contractual bound by, I am not sure how I am supposed to read this. Is this an argument for not being helpful? Because I don't quite see how your point invalidates that. Or is it an argument for being hurtful? Which I also don't really see, as I'm not talking about any change in contract.
Like, I legit starting to doubt my sanity here; I don't see how I can actually be any clearer about how I do not intend to change anything about the "if a non-nil error is returned, assume the returns are invalid" rule. The question is "how is it hurtful, if I then also add an extra layer of defense against people violating that contract"? Are you trying to say that I'm training them to not adhere to the contract? Because I don't see how; it's blowing up either way, just, in one case the blowup might be easier to detect and debug. I respect your opinion and I do agree, but we just seem to be talking about different things… anyway. Sleep, for now. On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 1:09 AM, Dave Cheney <d...@cheney.net> wrote: > I think the simpler contract is to give no guarantee whatsoever of the > state of the other return values in the presence of an error. > > It's a simple, clear, and most importantly consistent contact. > > To guarenteed that in the presence of an error the values that can be > respresented by nil _will_ be nil is less consistent, and more importantly > encourages people to not check error by substituting their own ad-hoc tests > like testing if a return value is nil, implying an error. > > -- > 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.
