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+package cobol
+
+import "errors"
+
+// try out standard generic errors
+
+var NoTime error = errors.New("could not find a time")
+var NoBytes error = errors.New("could not find bytes")
+var IsNil error = errors.New("was sent nil")
+var IsBlank error = errors.New("var was blank")
+
+var Broken error = errors.New("something is broken")
+var NewFeature error = errors.New("feature is new and did not work")
+var Unimplemented error = errors.New("not yet implemented")
+
+// from godoc:
+/*
+func main() {
+	err1 := errors.New("err1")
+	err2 := errors.New("err2")
+	err := errors.Join(err1, err2)
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	if errors.Is(err, err1) {
+		fmt.Println("err is err1")
+	}
+	if errors.Is(err, err2) {
+		fmt.Println("err is err2")
+	}
+	fmt.Println(err.(interface{ Unwrap() []error }).Unwrap())
+}
+
+err1
+err2
+err is err1
+err is err2
+[err1 err2]
+*/