I prefer the later when possible because it enables callers to use the zero
value of a type without explicit initialisation.
On Sunday, 4 March 2018 11:37:43 UTC+11, Anmol Sethi wrote:
>
> How do you guys choose between constructors and lazy initialization?
>
> For example.
>
> Struct constructors:
>
> type meow struct {
> x http.Handler
> }
>
> func newMeow() *meow {
> return &meow{
> x: http.NewServeMux(),
> }
> }
>
> func (m *meow) do() {
> // stuff
> }
>
>
> Lazy initialization:
>
> type meow struct {
> x http.Handler
> }
>
> func (m *meow) do() {
> if m.x == nil {
> m.x = http.NewServeMux()
> }
> // stuff
> }
>
>
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