On Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 9:30 PM Robert Engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> FWIW, I’m not sure that I think it is the best outcome. If the expression > is a constant the loop can be omitted entirely - which I would hope the > compiler would do. And consequently the errors from the compiler should > reflect that - including the inverse if the expression is true. > We want all Go compilers to agree on which programs are valid and which are not. That means that compiler errors must not depend on compiler optimizations. Ian > On Oct 11, 2024, at 11:16 PM, Pierpaolo Bernardi <olopie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 5:35 AM Cleberson Pedreira Pauluci > > <pauluci.cleber...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I agree with @robert. > >> The compiler cannot guarantee that the function will always return a > value. Even though we can see that the loop will eventually return i value, > the compiler isn't able to make this determination statically. > > > > Yes, now I get it. Thank you all for the help. > > > > Cheers > > > > -- > > 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/CANY8u7HOn6o557cX6Es19EX_eEi7qXBh2zECwu_jQCqhEz4atg%40mail.gmail.com > . > > -- > 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/A9868778-43DD-467E-AAAF-D39B30EEDE16%40ix.netcom.com > . > -- 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/CAOyqgcV7cOHOtOcHAUnT%2BLf6PNb2ES8%2BxUP10ZRe1EJ67Og8xA%40mail.gmail.com.
