On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 4:23 PM Steven Penny <srp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You asked a question. People here are genuinely trying to help you by > > giving you their acquired knowledge of (collectively) over more than a > > couple of decades of Go programming. > > OK, so all all these decades of experience, why cant anyone produce a small > program to demonstrate the problem? Either they cant be bothered, or they > dont > actually know how to create a program that would demonstrate a bad > situation > that could arise from not closing gzip reader. > > I am not questioning anyones knowledge, I am just asking for a > demonstration, > rather than "do it because we said so". > That is not a reasonable request. Everyone but you has been reasonable. They've also provided good reasons for the recommendation to call the Close method. That you have never observed a problem due to not calling the Close method does not mean a problem can't happen. -- Kurtis Rader Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CABx2%3DD9wf6ehJcJ%3DFmGZ8OdPcXxWxYH2EC9URbTU-oJJL0r72Q%40mail.gmail.com.