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		sethammons on March 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The ecosystem of the Go programming language A workaround: assign the unused variable to underscore. `_ = myUnusedVar` Now you have used it.

hbn on March 22, 2021 [–]

That's smart, I never thought of that. Thanks!

jimmyed on March 22, 2021 | [–]

I have a modified go compiler which ignores the unused variable rule. If you are interested, I can share it with you.

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