GO by example, part 5

5-go-by-example/43-panic.go

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+package main
+
+import "os"
+
+// a panic typically means something went unexpectedly wrong
+func main() {
+
+	// this is the only code here designed to panic
+	panic("a problem")
+
+	// a common use of panic is to abort if a function returns an error value that one doesn’t know how to handle
+	_, err := os.Create("/tmp/file")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+}