Why is it not part of the compiler?

[SyrianSpock]

This is a very useful check. Why is it not part of the compiler?

[alexkohler]

Thanks for the issue! Glad you find nakedret useful 🤠

nakedret takes the stance that naked returns are generally a source of bugs and take away from the simplicity of reading/writing Go code. That said, naked returns themselves are part of the Go language. There are fairly strong opinions on both sides - I'd encourage you to read golang/go#21291 to see both sides of the argument.