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SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interesting to read and a fun hack
From 2 comments
I found it interesting to read. Seems like enough reason to me. We aren't running out of bits.
sanderjd on HNMaybe he did it for fun. Hacks don't have to be useful. Brad Fitzpatrick provided a Go solution to goal (https://github.com/eatnumber1/goal). Ken Thompson used to write quines…
PuerkitoBio on HN
Error-handling flow idea is appealing for large Go projects
From 1 comment
This is very interesting. The difficulty in handling errors in large-scale golang programs is one of the primary practical issues I experience standing in the way of adopting it…
heavenlyhash on HN
Objections
Non-idiomatic; Go deliberately omits exceptions
From 2 comments
The usual response to this kind of thing among gophers is "don't do that", which is a reasonable response given that if the language designers thought Go should have…
robert_tweed on HNI'm truly not trying to be rude, but if you agree with the above point, then why did you make it publicly available? Only two outcomes can come of this: 1. Nobody uses it, for…
dead10ck on HN
Finally is no cleaner than defer
From 1 comment
I don't see how finally (especially with the unusual order) is much cleaner than defer. That's the main advantage of defer: the idiomatic way to use defer is right after the…
koenigdavidmj on HN
Cannot return from the try function
From 1 comment
limited usefulness - can't return from the trying function. incidentally, try/finally and returns are what gives people funny facial expressions.
baq on HN
Requests
Combine try-style flow with typed errors
From 1 comment
This is very interesting. The difficulty in handling errors in large-scale golang programs is one of the primary practical issues I experience standing in the way of adopting it…
heavenlyhash on HN
Questions
Why publish an experiment the author says shouldn't be used
From 1 comment
I'm truly not trying to be rude, but if you agree with the above point, then why did you make it publicly available? Only two outcomes can come of this: 1. Nobody uses it, for…
dead10ck on HN
Alternatives named
Go defer with local functions
From 1 comment
The usual response to this kind of thing among gophers is "don't do that", which is a reasonable response given that if the language designers thought Go should have…
robert_tweed on HN
spacemonkeygo/errors library
From 1 comment
This is very interesting. The difficulty in handling errors in large-scale golang programs is one of the primary practical issues I experience standing in the way of adopting it…
heavenlyhash on HN