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// candidate syntax for a go-like language with less boilerplate around error return

func doStuff() (string, error) {
  var err error
  returnOn err, func() { return nil, err }  // return the result of calling func if variable is ever non-nil
  thing1, err := possiblyFailingCall()
  thing2, err := possiblyFailingCall(thing1)
  thing3, err := possiblyFailingCall(thing2)
  thing4, err := possiblyFailingCall(thing3)
  return thing4, err
}