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golangHow to unwrap error


package main
import "errors"
import "fmt"

func get_error(really bool) (error) {
  e := errors.New(":(")
  if really {
    return fmt.Errorf("Hmm: %w", e)
  }
  
  return nil
}

func main() {
  wrapped_err := get_error(true)
  fmt.Println(errors.Unwrap(wrapped_err))
}ctrl + c
package main

default package declaration

import "errors"

load lib to work with errors

get_error

sample function that returns error

errors.New(":(")

create new error object

fmt.Errorf(

wraps given error object with additional message using %w symbol

errors.Unwrap(

unwraps given wrapped error to original error (or nil if it's not wrapped error)


Usage example

package main
import "errors"
import "fmt"

func get_error(really bool) (error) {
  e := errors.New(":(")
  if really {
    return fmt.Errorf("Hmm: %w", e)
  }

  return nil
}

func main() {
  wrapped_err := get_error(true)
  fmt.Println(errors.Unwrap(wrapped_err))
}
output
:(