This is the right way. What is the issue you are facing ? See https://tip.golang.org/pkg/errors/ for more info.
You can check for Layer1Error and Layer2Error using the Is function errors.Is(err, Layer1Error) errors.Is(err, Layer2Error) On Friday, 9 August 2019 19:09:24 UTC+5:30, Alex wrote: > > Sorry, mixed things up in the code with layer1 and layer2... > > > var ( > Layer1Error = errors.New("some error on layer 1") > Layer2Error = errors.New("some error on layer 2") > ) > > func main() { > err := callLayer1Function() > > // do something with error > } > > func callLayer1Function() error { > err := callLayer2Function() > > // how to not lose layer2 error but also append a new layer1 error ? > // this does not work, since you fully lose layer1 error > // with pkg/err > return fmt.Errorf("some specific layer 1 error message: %w", Layer1Error) > } > > func callLayer2Function() error { > // wrap an error of Layer2 here > return fmt.Errorf("some specific layer2 error message: %w", Layer2Error) > } > > > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/8a149bf3-fa6b-41b3-94b3-517f41dd373b%40googlegroups.com.