But as a reviewer, I wouldn't want any ambiguity with how a function behaves in the erroneous case.

And as others have mentioned in the proposal, there is a certain level of "magic" being introduced wrt variable declaration.

As a developer, removing repetitive and "redundant" code would boost my productivity. Not to mention, the code would end up looking a lot more elegant.

Could be a corporate exec's attempt to boost subscribers just before the annual performance review season kicks in.

After having reviewed thousands of LOC, the way Go deals with errors is a big plus point for me. Assuming that functions and methods will just work without errors/exceptions is the fastest way to a crashing server

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