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Why you should care

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Use &T{} instead of new(T) when initializing struct references so that it is consistent with the struct initialization.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text]

How we detect

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]CAST Highlight counts one occurrence each time the keyword “new” is used.

// Bad
sptr := new(T)
sptr.Name = "bar"

// Good
sptr := &T{Name: "bar"}

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References

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]https://github.com/bahlo/go-styleguide#avoid-new-keyword
https://github.com/uber-go/guide/blob/master/style.md#initializing-struct-references[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”5362″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]

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