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		dureuill on May 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles... More than just that, Result in general also prevents from accessing the value when there is an error and accessing an error when there is a value.

throw-the-towel on May 2, 2024 [–]

The absence of that safeguard in Go is a feature. It's used when the error isn't that critical and the program can merrily continue with the default value.

Of course, this is also scarily non-explicit.

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