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Re:Go 1.18 by stingraycharles on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:13PM (#30692584)
I fully agree with your approach. The important thing is that the user now has the choice to use a pointer or not: they can always use a pointer to the optional if they want to use pointers.

Pointers to pointers are generally something you try to avoid if possible.

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Re:Go 1.18 by morelisp on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:12PM (#30693182)
> the user now has the choice to use a pointer or not

But any benefits of the packing are gone whether I make a pointer or not.

And either way, no nested pointers are involved. We’re not taking pointers to options in either case.

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