snippet for handling pointers to built-in types

null.go

package null

import "time"

func stringPtr(v string) *string {
	return &v
}

func stringValue(v *string) string {
	if v == nil {
		return ""
	}
	return *v
}

func intPtr(v int) *int {
	return &v
}

func intValue(v *int) int {
	if v == nil {
		return 0
	}
	return *v
}

func boolPtr(v bool) *bool {
	return &v
}

func boolValue(v *bool) bool {
	if v == nil {
		return false
	}
	return *v
}

func timePtr(v time.Time) *time.Time {
	return &v
}

func timeValue(v *time.Time) time.Time {
	if v == nil {
		return time.Time{}
	}
	return *v
}