Golang: Careful with Named Return Parameters in Function

package main

import (
	"fmt"
)

func riskyParams() (num int, flag bool) {
    if num == 0 {  // Named parameters have default values in the scope
        flag = true
    }
	return // Beware of such return. You might return something unintended  
}

func main() {
	num, flag := riskyParams()
	fmt.Printf("num=%d flag=%v\n", num, flag)
}

The example highlights unintended side-effects of named return parameters.

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