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Suggestion: unreachable code for functions like os.Exit #1680
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We already have unreachable code warnings e.g. for code after return statments or infinite for loops.
I realised we currently don't have anything for functions like os.Exit, log.Fatal{,f,ln} etc. and there are probably a few more that I missed.
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IlyasYOY commentedon Feb 7, 2026
@podocarp Hey! This is an awesome idea. Especially due to this fact not being obvious to the newcomers.
I tried to find a good place to put it in this repo, but didn't find any. But I found the analyzer in golang's tools: https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/unreachable. What do you think?
PS. Also, this would be great to highlight that
deferwon't be executed in this case. I see this bug way too often.