Handling multiple errors in go

Question

I\'m new to go and finding the error handling to be extremely verbose. I\'ve read the reasoning for it and mostly agree, but there are a few places where it seems like ther

Answer 1

In a situation like this, I usually just flatten it out a bit.

func myFunc() (err error) {
    cmd := exec.Command("cat", "-")

    stdin,  err := cmd.StdinPipe();                  if err != nil { return }
    stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe();                 if err != nil { return }

       err  = cmd.Start();                           if err != nil { return }
    _, err  = io.WriteString(stdin, "Hello world!"); if err != nil { return }
       err  = stdin.Close();                         if err != nil { return }
    o, err := ioutil.ReadAll(stdout);                if err != nil { return }

    fmt.Println(string(o))
    return
}

Still ugly, but at least it's less vertical, and we get some alignment.

I can't say this adheres to any sort of convention, but it's a whole lot easier to read IMO.