My initial code was sloppy, sorry about that. But you get the idea: testing if uint is "less than zero" is sometimes legit.
func log(msg string, level uint) { if level < appLevel { return } triggerBigNetworkLogTool(msg) } https://play.golang.org/p/v-7OcDCzmj On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 5:27:26 PM UTC+2, Val wrote: > > FWIW, consider first that : > > if false { > foo() > bar() > } > > is legal (and sometimes recommended by autorities, as opposed to > momentarily commenting out a block, and struggling with unused vars); > and second that : > > func log(msg string, level uint) { > if level < appLevel { > triggerBigNetworkLogTool(msg) > } > } > > is legal and useful, even if appLevel happens to be a uint constant with > value 0. See https://play.golang.org/p/nGbELUdvvu > > The current policy seems to be: a unused variable is always regarded as a > compilation error, but unreachable code (dead code) is never a compilation > error. > > On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 1:13:28 PM UTC+2, JuciĆ Andrade wrote: >> >> Now I understand it. >> Thank you, guys. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.