That's actually one of the worst features of Go, as it makes the program full of if statements. Another is the missing Option type (aka its approach to handling null references). https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f5c3f597f754f534d47b0be2b9afe263894ecdad3d639453c4abc31f40db2c23/c8bcdf91c14aac4190dcbc7a88a008d39fad8633811c26b4f12a11df39c8886a.webp