I think they mean that they know in advance whether to write error handling code...

		pc2g4d on Dec 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I love Go I think they mean that they know in advance whether to write error handling code or not, not whether or not an exception will actually be thrown at runtime. The answer to _that_ is always maybe, but the answer to the former depends on the function.

Another irony here is, you're eventually going to have to worry about panics anyway.