Programming · Flashcard
How does Go handle errors without the use of exceptions?
- AFunctions return an error value as a result, which the caller must explicitly check
- BErrors are caught with try/catch blocks that wrap the code that might fail
- CThe runtime silently logs errors to standard error and continues execution normally
- DAll errors immediately terminate the program with a non-zero exit code and stack trace
Why this is the answer
Go functions conventionally return error as the last return value. The caller checks if err != nil — making error handling explicit and visible in the code flow.
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