> > So I think it can be safe to omit > using gzip Reader Close in the general case. >
In the general case it's also safe to ignore all errors, because by definition they only occur in exceptional conditions . More practically though, most programmers would probably prefer to follow guidance provided by the authors of the library they are using because by virtue of having written the library, the authors probably understand not only the library's implementation and technical constraints better than the user but also tend to have a better grasp of the problem domain. As a rule if I feel that the author of libraries I intend to use are totally inept morons and can't be trusted to not ask me to arbitrarily call random unnecessary functions I would shy away from using their library altogether. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/972526dd-a1a8-4c01-a8ac-6cb8591162f7n%40googlegroups.com.