</p>

<h2 id="Errors">Errors</h2>

<p>
The predeclared type <code>error</code> is defined as
</p>

<pre>
type error interface {
	Error() string
}
</pre>

<p>
It is the conventional interface for representing an error condition,
with the nil value representing no error.
For instance, a function to read data from a file might be defined:

is entirely undefined, and the compiler may do anything at all.
Go's approach aims to make errant programs more reliable and easier to debug,
while still insisting that races are errors and that tools can diagnose and report them.
</p>

<h2 id="model">Memory Model</h2>

<p>
The following formal definition of Go's memory model closely follows

</p>

<h2 id="Errors">Errors</h2>

<p>
The predeclared type <code>error</code> is defined as
</p>

<pre>
type error interface {
	Error() string
}
</pre>

<p>
It is the conventional interface for representing an error condition,
with the nil value representing no error.
For instance, a function to read data from a file might be defined: