I've been doing something like this for long chains where "handle error" is the same:
func something() (x int, err error) { defer func() { if err != nil { // handle error } }() res, err = acquireResource() if err == nil { defer func() { if e := res.Close(); err == nil { err = e } }() err = abc1() } if err == nil { err = abc2() } if err == nil { err = abc3() } if err == nil { err = abc4() } } How would watch interact with defer? On Monday, September 4, 2017 at 8:27:20 PM UTC+2, marti...@programmfabrik.de wrote: > > Hi guys, > > at first I though I really like the idea of how Go deals with error > management and handling, but the more Go code I look at or try to program, > the more I get scared about checking errors every second line in every > given block of code. > > Take a look at this example here from "Build Web Application with Golang": > > // insert > stmt, err := db.Prepare("INSERT INTO userinfo(username, departname, created) > values(?,?,?)") > if err != nil { > // handle error > } > res, err := stmt.Exec("astaxie", "研发部门", "2012-12-09") > if err != nil { > // handle error > } > id, err := res.LastInsertId() > if err != nil { > // handle error > } > fmt.Println(id) > // update > stmt, err = db.Prepare("update userinfo set username=? where uid=?") > if err != nil { > // handle error > } > res, err = stmt.Exec("astaxieupdate", id) > if err != nil { > // handle error > } > affect, err := res.RowsAffected() > if err != nil { > // handle error > } > > > Seriously? And yes, I have read https://blog.golang.org/errors-are-values. > .. > > The best case reduction I found is: > > ... > res, err = stmt.Exec("astaxieupdate", id) > checkError(err) > ... > > Still, I need this after each line of calling a function which may return > an error. > > I bet this is not pleasant to do in larger code bases and it also takes > away focus from what is actually happening. > > 50-80% of all lines of code in my example deal with error handling? > > This is not good. Seriously. > > And don't get me wrong, there is a lot of things I really like, love and > adore about Go, but catching errors needs an improved syntax! > > And I am not proposing try...catch here. > > How about introducing a new piece of syntax > > "watch if .... " > > which tells the compiler to watch out for changes in a given SimpleStmt > > The same code as above would look like this: > > var err Error > > watch if err != nil { > // handle error(s) > } > > // insert > stmt, err := db.Prepare("INSERT INTO userinfo(username, departname, > created) values(?,?,?)") > res, err := stmt.Exec("astaxie", "研发部门", "2012-12-09") > id, err := res.LastInsertId() > fmt.Println(id) > > // update > stmt, err = db.Prepare("update userinfo set username=? where uid=?") > res, err = stmt.Exec("astaxieupdate", id) > affect, err := res.RowsAffected() > > > - The "watch if" would be executed after each assignment of any of the > variables used in SimpleStmt of the statement. > - Multiple "watch if" would be executed in order or appearance > - The "watch if" could be used like "defer..." inside functions > - The "watch if" would work in its full scope of the watched variables > > I am not a language expert, so may be there is a saner way of expression > what I want to achieve. > > But bottom line is, there should by an easier to read and write way to > deal with errors in Go. > > > Martin > > > > > > -- 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.