[go-nuts] Why is Errorf() in the fmt packages and not in the errors package?

Formatting? Tuning the question around: fmt.Errorf = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf) - just a convenience function. GMT is quite heavy, errors is light. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: [go-nuts] Why is Errorf() in the fmt packages and not in the errors package?

To avoid a dependency cycle. fmt depends on errors, so errors can't call functions in fmt. -rob On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 1:15 PM, wrote: > The title. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To

[go-nuts] Why is Errorf() in the fmt packages and not in the errors package?

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