Exit with error code in go?

Question

What\'s the idiomatic way to exit a program with some error code?

The documentation for Exit says \"The program terminates immediately; deferred functions a

Answer 1

Yes, actually. The os package provides this.

package main

import "os"

func main() {
    os.Exit(1)
}

http://golang.org/pkg/os/#Exit

Edit: so it looks like you know of Exit. This article gives an overview of Panic which will let deferred functions run before returning. Using this in conjunction with an exit may be what you're looking for. http://blog.golang.org/defer-panic-and-recover