However, the zero value itself is printable. It's only a pointer to the zero value which panics. https://play.golang.org/p/LhmhdeHTb0m
On Sunday, 19 September 2021 at 12:34:40 UTC+1 axel.wa...@googlemail.com wrote: > I don't know if it's intentional, but I think it's expected. The panic > happens because it tries to stringify the underlying error, which is nil. I > would say the creation of a packages error types are the purview of that > package. I don't think you can, generally, expect that their zero values > are valid. > > On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 1:29 PM Brian Candler <b.ca...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> Is this intentional? >> https://play.golang.org/p/ylXlkOq2sID >> >> Result I get in browser: >> >> &{0} >> %!v(PANIC=Error method: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil >> pointer dereference) >> >> -- >> 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...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/73b364e9-bb46-4ec6-9d3d-42e7b04772f5n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/73b364e9-bb46-4ec6-9d3d-42e7b04772f5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/a2ea19c3-cc2a-4265-8c24-9b79ea037dbbn%40googlegroups.com.
