In Go, it's idiomatic to return the two values and check for nil against the error
For example:
func myFunc(sm SomeStruct) (MyStruct, error) {
s, err := sm.MethodA()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if err := sm.MethodB(); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return s, nil
}
One thing to note, is that you're running your function in a goroutine
. Any return value inside that goroutine won't be returned to your main goroutine.
In order to get the return values for that go routine you must use channels that will wait for the values.
In your case
errChan := make(chan error)
retChan := make(chan SomeStructType)
go func() {
myVal, err := sm.MethodA()
if err != nil {
errChan <- err
return
}
if err := sm.MethodB(); err != nil {
errChan <- err
return
}
retChan <- myVal
}()
select {
case err := <-errChan:
fmt.Println(err)
case val := <-retChan:
fmt.Printf("My value: %v
", val)
}
You can mess around with it here to make more sense out of it:
http://play.golang.org/p/TtfFIZerhk