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new

A helper function to create a pointer to a new object in Go 1.18+ (by earthboundkid)

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pointer

Go package pointer provides helpers to get pointers to values of built-in types. (by AlekSi)

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new		pointer
	Project
5	Mentions	1
55	Stars	199
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Go	Language	Go
MIT License	License	MIT License

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new

Posts with mentions or reviews of new. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-25.

Have yet to use generics...Am I missing out?
5 projects | /r/golang | 25 Dec 2022

Yeah, I have a joke package that does this: https://github.com/carlmjohnson/new
Share Your Code.. Share your most unique piece of Go code.
57 projects | /r/golang | 15 Oct 2022
Fun with generics 3: Pointer of value with generics
1 project | /r/golang | 25 Nov 2021
Generic fun: new.Of - A helper function to create a pointer to a new object in Go 1.18+
2 projects | /r/golang | 22 Nov 2021
More fun with Go generics: A new.Of() helper function
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2021

pointer

Posts with mentions or reviews of pointer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-22.

Generic fun: new.Of - A helper function to create a pointer to a new object in Go 1.18+
2 projects | /r/golang | 22 Nov 2021

Funny enough, that's exactly how I called it: https://github.com/AlekSi/pointer/blob/main/generic.go

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