Questions from a new Go developer
Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering
Efficient Error Handling with Open Telemetry Tracing
By leveraging open telemetry tracing, errors are traced at each function call without logging. Errors can be added to the traced span for reference, allowing callers to decide how to handle the error. This approach localizes error logging and communication to one place, enabling decisions to be made regarding sending errors to an external bug tracker or logging them out. Utilizing tracing eliminates the need to pepper log files with repetitive error information, as traces provide a breadcrumb trail of function execution when errors occur.
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