Error comparisons in templates not working until 1.14

[timlind]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
1.13

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

No.

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

This is erroring on google app engine 1.13 and locally on 1.13, but not on 1.14

go env Output

$ go env

What did you do?

data := struct{
   Errors []error
   KnownErrors map[string]error
}{
   []error{ErrEmailExists},
   map[string]error{ErrEmailExists}
}

template.Execute(w, data)

{{range .Errors}}
{{if eq . $.KnownErrors.ErrEmailExists}}
Already registered.
{{end}}
{{end}}

What did you expect to see?

Already registered.

What did you see instead?

error calling eq: invalid type for comparison

[ALTree]

This is expected. A proposal to make eq support all comparable types (#33740) was accepted -and the fix merged- for Go1.14. So it won't work in go1.13, but it does on 1.14.

I don't think the change qualifies for a backport (we only backport fixes for serious security issues or problems with no workaround), so I'm not sure there's anything else left to do. I'm closing this issue as Working As Intended, but feel free to comment if you disagree.

[timlind]

Maybe some pointers to a workaround if there is one? Even trying to call and compare Error seemed to fail.

[timlind]

Ok, just tried it out on a playground and .Error comparisons work fine.