How to return a value in a Go function that panics?

Question

My Go function is expected to return a value, but it may panic when calling a library function. I can use recover() to capture this in a deferred call, but how

Answer 1

Using the example in icza's answer, and if you wonder what happens if you recover from the panic but don't assign the value for the named return, like this:

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Returned:", MyFunc()) // false
}

func MyFunc() (ret bool) {
    defer func() {
        if r := recover(); r != nil {
        }
    }()
    panic("test")
    return true
}

The function will return the zero value of the specified return type.

Run the example in the Go Playground