Even I use &StructType{} most of the times. During initialization if the values of the fields are not known, new(StructType) is good to use as it initialises them to zero values of the fields.
I’ve attempted to use new(StructType) for the last 2 days and I’ve found that it does make intention easier to read when skimming through code. It especially helps when unmarshaling json/protobuf into a struct as I quite often miss out the & to create a pointer in my haste and wonder why it doesn’t work later! new eliminates this as it is always a pointer! 😋
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Even I use
&StructType{}most of the times. During initialization if the values of the fields are not known,new(StructType)is good to use as it initialises them to zero values of the fields.I’ve attempted to use
new(StructType)for the last 2 days and I’ve found that it does make intention easier to read when skimming through code. It especially helps when unmarshaling json/protobuf into a struct as I quite often miss out the&to create a pointer in my haste and wonder why it doesn’t work later!neweliminates this as it is always a pointer! 😋