pointer VS gonull

Compare pointer vs gonull and see what are their differences.

pointer

Helper routines for simplifying the creation of optional fields of basic type. (by xorcare)

gonull

Go package simplifies nullable fields handling using Go Generics. (by LukaGiorgadze)
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pointer gonull
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3.0 6.7
10 months ago 3 months ago
Go Go
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License MIT License
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pointer

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

gonull

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  • gonull: Handle Nullable Values in Go with Generics
    1 project | /r/golang | 23 Aug 2023
    📢 Introducing gonull: Harness the power of generics to simplify nullable value handling in #GoLang! no more null.NullableString and the like. Perfect for databases & JSON ops. 🚀 Dive in: https://github.com/lomsa-dev/gonull

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pointer and gonull you can also consider the following projects:

delve - Delve is a debugger for the Go programming language.

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ginkgo - A Modern Testing Framework for Go

go-funk - A modern Go utility library which provides helpers (map, find, contains, filter, ...)

learn-go-with-tests - Learn Go with test-driven development

v8go - Execute JavaScript from Go

goss - Quick and Easy server testing/validation

Testify - A toolkit with common assertions and mocks that plays nicely with the standard library