Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong

Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by euroderf on Friday January 05, 2024 @04:19AM (#38877201)

> when you need to identify the difference between unset and zero.

Use pointer variables ? Works 4 me.

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by campbel on Friday January 05, 2024 @01:55PM (#38883046)

Also what I do. You could theoretically also create your own type that manages deserialization and includes an "is_set" field.

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Re:Go: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong by euroderf on Saturday January 06, 2024 @03:37AM (#38889682)

FWIW: calling Error() on a nil error is an obnoxious NPE fail, so I made this: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fbaube/miscutils#Errer

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