Code Roomsync.Once error not propagated
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sync.Once error not propagated

Code reviewConcurrencyCode quality & reviewSenior–Staff~40 min

Review this Go lazy-connection initializer.

What is the bug with this sync.Once usage?

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1type DB struct {
2 once sync.Once
3 conn *sql.DB
4}
5 
6func (d *DB) Conn() (*sql.DB, error) {
7 var err error
8 d.once.Do(func() {
9 d.conn, err = sql.Open("postgres", dsn())
10 if err == nil {
11 err = d.conn.Ping() // verify connectivity
12 }
13 })
14 return d.conn, err
15}
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