변수가 사용되었음에도 불구하고 내 Go 코드에서 '변수가 선언되었지만 사용되지 않음' 오류가 발생하는 이유는 무엇입니까?

type Comparison struct {
    Left []byte
    Right []byte
    Name string
}

func img(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c appengine.Context, u *user.User) {
    key := datastore.NewKey("Comparison", r.FormValue("id"), 0, nil)
    side := r.FormValue("side")
    comparison := new(Comparison)
    err := datastore.Get(c, key, comparison)
    check(err)

    if side == "left" {
        m, _, err := image.Decode(bytes.NewBuffer(comparison.Left))
    } else {
        m, _, err := image.Decode(bytes.NewBuffer(comparison.Right))
    }
    check(err)

    w.Header().Set("Content-type", "image/jpeg")
    jpeg.Encode(w, m, nil)
}

type Comparison struct {
    Left []byte
    Right []byte
    Name string
}

func img(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c appengine.Context, u *user.User) {
    key := datastore.NewKey("Comparison", r.FormValue("id"), 0, nil)
    side := r.FormValue("side")
    comparison := new(Comparison)
    err := datastore.Get(c, key, comparison)
    check(err)

    // NOTE! now m is in the function's scope
    var m Image

    if side == "left" {
        m, _, err = image.Decode(bytes.NewBuffer(comparison.Left))
    } else {
        m, _, err = image.Decode(bytes.NewBuffer(comparison.Right))
    }
    check(err)

    w.Header().Set("Content-type", "image/jpeg")
    jpeg.Encode(w, m, nil)
}