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0 pointsCyph0n3y ago0 comments

Why would you have a method that doesn’t touch the receiver? Refactor it into a function.

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Dereferencing isn't the only way to touch a pointer:

    func (o *myObject) isNil() bool {
        return o == nil
    }

Cyph0nOP3y ago

Right, but if you’re doing a nil check, you obviously won’t be worried about nil deferences.

Either to implement an interface, or because it branches to check if the value is nil before dereferencing it

Cyph0nOP3y ago

Re: the second point, see my other comment.

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Dereferencing isn't the only way to touch a pointer:

    func (o *myObject) isNil() bool {
        return o == nil
    }

Cyph0nOP3y ago

Right, but if you’re doing a nil check, you obviously won’t be worried about nil deferences.

Either to implement an interface, or because it branches to check if the value is nil before dereferencing it

Cyph0nOP3y ago

Re: the second point, see my other comment.

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