pval

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pval = Pointer to Value

Since Go does not allow addressing a constant, and literal primitives are considered constants in this regard, it makes some code long-winded and noisy. I use this a lot in unit tests to keep them small and on-topic, but it's generally useful for areas of code where terseness is preferred over idiomatic grammar. I was annoyed, so I created this package.

Replace unnecessarily long code like the following:

var result *string

// ... do stuff

foo := "bar"
result = &foo

With this:

var result *string

// ... do stuff

result := pval.String("bar")

It's even worse if you happen to need a slice of pointers. Replace this eyesore:

var result []*string

// ... do stuff

foo1 := "bar1"
foo2 := "bar2"
foo3 := "bar3"
foo4 := "bar4"
result = append(result, &foo1, &foo2, &foo3, &foo4)

With this (the plural version):

var result []*string

// ... do stuff

result := pval.Strings("bar1", "bar2", "bar3", "bar4")

License

Creative Commons CC0

To the extent possible under law, Gerry Hernandez has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to pval.

Documentation

Index

• func Bool(val bool) *bool
• func Bools(vals ...bool) []*bool
• func Byte(val byte) *byte
• func Bytes(vals ...byte) []*byte
• func Complex64(val complex64) *complex64
• func Complex64s(vals ...complex64) []*complex64
• func Complex128(val complex128) *complex128
• func Complex128s(vals ...complex128) []*complex128
• func Float32(val float32) *float32
• func Float32s(vals ...float32) []*float32
• func Float64(val float64) *float64
• func Float64s(vals ...float64) []*float64
• func Int(val int) *int
• func Int8(val int8) *int8
• func Int8s(vals ...int8) []*int8
• func Int16(val int16) *int16
• func Int16s(vals ...int16) []*int16
• func Int32(val int32) *int32
• func Int32s(vals ...int32) []*int32
• func Int64(val int64) *int64
• func Int64s(vals ...int64) []*int64
• func Ints(vals ...int) []*int
• func Rune(val rune) *rune
• func Runes(vals ...rune) []*rune
• func String(val string) *string
• func Strings(vals ...string) []*string
• func Uint8(val uint8) *uint8
• func Uint8s(vals ...uint8) []*uint8
• func Uint16(val uint16) *uint16
• func Uint16s(vals ...uint16) []*uint16
• func Uint32(val uint32) *uint32
• func Uint32s(vals ...uint32) []*uint32
• func Uint64(val uint64) *uint64
• func Uint64s(vals ...uint64) []*uint64
• func Uintptr(val uintptr) *uintptr
• func Uintptrs(vals ...uintptr) []*uintptr

Functions

func Bool

func Bool(val bool) *bool

func Bools

func Bools(vals ...bool) []*bool

func Byte

func Byte(val byte) *byte

func Bytes

func Bytes(vals ...byte) []*byte

func Complex64

func Complex64(val complex64) *complex64

func Complex64s

func Complex64s(vals ...complex64) []*complex64

func Complex128

func Complex128(val complex128) *complex128

func Complex128s

func Complex128s(vals ...complex128) []*complex128

func Float32

func Float32(val float32) *float32

func Float32s

func Float32s(vals ...float32) []*float32

func Float64

func Float64(val float64) *float64

func Float64s

func Float64s(vals ...float64) []*float64

func Int

func Int(val int) *int

func Int8

func Int8(val int8) *int8

func Int8s

func Int8s(vals ...int8) []*int8

func Int16

func Int16(val int16) *int16

func Int16s

func Int16s(vals ...int16) []*int16

func Int32

func Int32(val int32) *int32

func Int32s

func Int32s(vals ...int32) []*int32

func Int64

func Int64(val int64) *int64

func Int64s

func Int64s(vals ...int64) []*int64

func Ints

func Ints(vals ...int) []*int

func Rune

func Rune(val rune) *rune

func Runes

func Runes(vals ...rune) []*rune

func String

func String(val string) *string

func Strings

func Strings(vals ...string) []*string

func Uint8

func Uint8(val uint8) *uint8

func Uint8s

func Uint8s(vals ...uint8) []*uint8

func Uint16

func Uint16(val uint16) *uint16

func Uint16s

func Uint16s(vals ...uint16) []*uint16

func Uint32

func Uint32(val uint32) *uint32

func Uint32s

func Uint32s(vals ...uint32) []*uint32

func Uint64

func Uint64(val uint64) *uint64

func Uint64s

func Uint64s(vals ...uint64) []*uint64

func Uintptr

func Uintptr(val uintptr) *uintptr

func Uintptrs

func Uintptrs(vals ...uintptr) []*uintptr