Comment by nikolayasdf123

1 day ago

I 80% of time use structs. common misunderstanding: it does not reduce performance for pointer vs value receivers (Go compiler generates same code for both, no copy of struct receiver happens). most of structs are small anyways, safe to copy. Go also automatically translates value receivers and pointer receivers back-and-forth. and if I see pointer I see something that can be mutated (or very large). in fact, if I see a pointer, I think "here we go.. will it be mutated?". written 400,000 LOC in Go, rarely seeing this issue.