[luriel]

you can also add just after import "fmt" add: var _ = fmt.Println

That way it will never complain that fmt is imported but not used.

Still, I never had need for this. Once you have written a bit of code the import list remains relatively stable.

[rsaarelm]

I don't want to commit temporary debug cruft to version control, so I'd still need to keep adding and removing that whenever I do a commit. Though I guess I could just always skip it with git add --patch.

I do have need for some solution, since I have packages that don't do anything with strings and therefore don't import fmt, but which still get bugs which I need to debug with the stdout.

One more robust approach would be to fit a complete configurable logging system permanently in place.

[Jabbles]

Missing "var", and a bit ugly, but could be used if it's annoying you :)

http://play.golang.org/p/vVnZWobca9