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by cassianoleal 1892 days ago
That would be my preference too. Great readability, and most users would eventually try this out even before searching for the right way (I have tried it).

I tend to not declare variables when the pointer is used deep into a struct because I find the back-and-forth in the editor to be bad. I usually resort to a pointer to an inline anonymous function, e.g.:

    a := SomeStruct{
      Field: func() *int64 { x := int64(13); return &x }(),
    }
It's ugly and verbose but after seeing it 2 or 3 times you immediately know what it's about the next time.