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		richbell on June 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go: Sentinel errors and errors.Is() slow your code... Actually, the `err == nil` check doesn't exist in the latest release. It was added recently, which would explain the significant performance cost. If err is nil, it doesn't return early. https://github.com/golang/go/blame/adbfb672ba485630d75f8b559...

tommiegannert on June 1, 2024 [–]

Nice find. This commit: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/af43932c20d5b59cdffca454... from April 4.

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