Go is absolutely opinionated about unused variables, and its opinion is "that's a compiler error." It's part of what makes Go special. You should try writing some sometime.
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I think you stopped reading, or at least comprehending what you were reading, early.
What expense policy survives a decade or two completely unreviewed and unexamined? The rest of the bullshit you spewed isn't worth reading after that bizarre hypothetical.