[Cyph0n]

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

[assbuttbuttass]

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

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

[Cyph0n]

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

[remexre]

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

[Cyph0n]

Re: the second point, see my other comment.