I would use the following if I truly wanted to ignore an error, but I would question if ignoring the error from os.Open was ever a good idea. If you want to handle a file not found error then do so, don't just ignore the error. file, _ := os.Open(name) //nolint: errcheck
On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 at 20:14, Sergei Dyshel <qyron.priv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > I'm incorporating golangci-lint <https://golangci-lint.run/usage/linters/> > linter > aggregator in my codebase and facing a dilemma on how to mark false > positives for these 2 linters: > > - errcheck - reports unchecked errors. > - unparam - reports unused function parameters. > > The "official" way is to use special comment directives that make linter > ignore the line: > > func foo( > name string, > //nolint:unparam > age int, > ) { > //nolint:errcheck > file, _ := os.Open(name) > .... > > Another, may be more portable way, would be using special functions which > do nothing: > > // defined in some library utilities package > func IgnoreErr(err error) {} > func Unused(a any) {} > > func foo( > name string, > age int, > ) { > Unused(age) > file, err := os.Open(name) > IgnoreErr(err) > ... > > What do you think the proper/idiomatic/better way among these two? > > -- > 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/6fc8a933-b68c-4e07-a4ee-98c4fe01ba8dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/6fc8a933-b68c-4e07-a4ee-98c4fe01ba8dn%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/CAA38pebGViygCaqwwMsw3gOnSodQ%3DeDavaaq1V9q%2BASyd2Mbew%40mail.gmail.com.
