Code reviewMediumcr-g331

Subject SerializationLevel Mid–Senior~16 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Go code that decodes a timestamp field from an incoming event and stores it.

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1type Event struct {2    TS int64 `json:"ts"` // producer A sends seconds; producer B sends milliseconds3}4 5func decode(b []byte) (time.Time, error) {6    var e Event7    if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &e); err != nil {8        return time.Time{}, err9    }10    return time.Unix(e.TS, 0), nil  // store as time11}

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