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Maps as Pointers

Explore how maps function as pointers in Go's collection types, understand their nil zero value behavior, and learn the correct way to create and pass maps within functions to avoid common bugs.

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map is a pointer

While a slice type is a struct (a value type) that has a pointer to an array, a map itself is a pointer. The zero value of a slice is ...