Reopen issue #89

[jossef]

Reopen issue #89
You shouldn't ignore your users' feedback.

[noonien]

I strongly suggest you ask for a refund!

[mdlayher]

Please don't spam mentions in the future.

[ianlancetaylor]

Thanks, but, quoting the original response:

When code can't follow the usual style conventions there's nothing to do. Just ignore what golint says. Its output is meant for humans anyway.

The lint program implements a certain set of style guidelines, that are now documented at https://golang.org/wiki/CodeReviewComments. If you want to follow a different set of style guidelines, modify or rewrite golint.

The golint program is not intended to be all things to all people.

[as]

I too can send a link to 31 people but that isn't a representative sample of users' opinions, nor is it a meritable argument on its own to take any action.

Ignoring something and acknowledging it but not doing anything are different things. They should not be equivocated.

[wagslane]

God please don't make golint like eslint. Keep the rules consistent. Down with configurability.

[jossef]

You can keep telling yourself that. It's not what most users want judging by the vote count on #263, #186, ...

[cflewis]

golangci-lint allows you to exclude certain messages, and supports golint. The license is GPL 2 which is fine for your personal use. I suggest you consider switching your tool chain to use that instead.

As @ianlancetaylor said, it is not possible to make tools that are all things to all people, and those that attempt it invariably end up too complex. I don’t want to put words in anyone’s mouth, but reducing complexity in the tooling has generally worked well for the Go project and I wouldn’t expect that to change.

I think you will be happier in the long run if you try to respect that the this issue is closed, and move on to golangci-lint which is a solution that is available to you immediately.

[chavacava]

revive is a drop-in replacement for golint that allows disabling certain messages by configuration and is extensible (it supports +50 checking rules)