Close error overwrites write error
Review this Go function that writes a record to a file and closes it in a deferred call.
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1func writeRecord(path string, rec []byte) (err error) {
2 f, err := os.Create(path)
3 if err != nil {
4 return err
5 }
6 defer func() {
7 err = f.Close()
8 }()
9 if _, err := f.Write(rec); err != nil {
10 return err
11 }
12 return nil
13}
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