hueving is correct, I meant something like this[1]. Of course, something like this[2] also works.
That function does not have side effects, so it would be pointless to remove the assignment altogether.
Assigning errors to underscore is effectively the same as try { myFunc(); } except { pass; }, making them equivalent.
https://play.golang.org/p/UBL0MZtscc
> tmp/sandbox307381845/main.go:8: multiple-value "html/template".New("foo").Parse() in single-value context
You would have to explicitly assign the err return value to underscore in order to ignore it.