Parse error ignored, validation proceeds
Review this Go function that loads, validates, and saves a config.
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1func updateConfig(raw []byte) error {
2 cfg, err := parse(raw)
3 if err != nil {
4 log.Printf("parse failed: %v", err)
5 }
6 if err := validate(cfg); err != nil {
7 return err
8 }
9 save(cfg)
10 return nil
11}
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