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safe
Toe-caps for your Golang foot guns. [WIP]
safe is the friedly counterpart to unsafe. One of the most common issues when developing in Go are runtime panics. This package provides a set of generic functions and data structures that safeguards you from runtime panics and are meant to mitigate programmer mistakes.
Data Structures
All iterable data structures provide a Range iterator method which can be used with the range expression, introduced in Go 1.23.
Array
Array is a generic, fixed-size array with out-of-bounds panic protection. When indexing an array A, the provided index i will be clamped to the range i E [0, len(A)-1].
CircularArray
CircularArray is a generic, fixed-size circular array with out-of-bounds panic protection.
When indexing a circular array, if the provided index exceeds the length of the array, it will be wrapped around. Negative index value are allowed and will also be wrapped around in the opposite direction. For example, one can index the last element of the array as:
lastElement := circularArray.Index(-1)
CircularSlice
CircularSlice is a generic, dynamically-sized array with out-of-bounds and out-of-memory panic protection.
When indexing a circular slice, if the provided index exceeds the length of the array, it will be wrapped around. Negative index value are allowed and will also be wrapped around in the opposite direction. See CircularArray for an example.
The capacity of the circular slice can be increased after initialization using the Grow method, all added values will be set to the generic zero value. Upon initialization, an estimate is made of the maximum size in memory the slice can take based on the runtime memory profile of the system. This will be used as the maximum allowed capacity of the slice to prevent out-of-memory panics. The determined maximum safe capacity is returned by the MaxCap method.
Channel
Channel is a generic channel with double-close and nil-channel panic protection.
NonBlockingChannel
NonBlockingChannel is a generic non-blocking channel with double-close and nil-channel panic protection.
When pushing to a full channel the overflow counter is incremented. The overflow count can be retrieved using the Overflow method. When popping from an empty channel, the generic zero value is returned.
Map
Map is a generic map with nil-panic protection and a built-in lock. The key must be a comparable type.
Slice
Slice is a generic, dynamically-sized array with out-of-bounds and out-of-memory panic protection.
Any index below zero will be clamped to zero. If an index is set that is greater than the length of the slice, the slice will automatically grow its length to that index. All values between the previous last value and the new last value will be set to the generic zero value of the slice type. Upon initialization, an estimate is made of the maximum size in memory the slice can take based on the runtime memory profile of the system. This will be used as the maximum allowed capacity of the slice to prevent out-of-memory panics. The determined maximum safe capacity is returned by the MaxCap method.
Math helpers
Add, Multiply, Subtract
Add, Multiply, and Subtract are generic math functions that offer overflow protection.
Clamp, ClampMin, ClampMax
Clamp is a generic function to clamp any number between a minimum and maximum value. ClampMin and ClampMax work the same but only clamp the lower or upper limit.
CompareFloats
CompareFloats is a safe way to compare two floating point numbers providing an absolute and a relative tolerance.
Divide
Divide is a generic division function that provides division-by-zero panic protection. When the denominator is zero, the returned value will be the maximum value expressed by the numeric type passed to the Divide function with the sign given by the numerator.
Ternary
Ternary can be used as a ternary operator for inline comparisons.
Pointer helpers
Dereference
Dereference is a generic function for safely dereferencing any pointer. If the pointer is nil, it will return the generic zero value.
SetValue
SetValue is a generic function that sets the value of a pointer reference with a builtin nil-check.
Type assertion
TypeAssert
TypeAssert is a safe type assertion function. It returns the zero value of the provided type if the assertion fails. Beware that the asserted type can be nil in case of an interface.
RequireTypeAssert
RequireTypeAssert is a type assertion assetion function with error return that can panic. Returns an error if type assertion fails. Instead of returning a nil-value when it asserts an interface as nil, like TypeAssert does, it will panic and recover instead.
Miscellaneous
IsNil
IsNil is a helper function to do a deep nil check on any type.
Questions
Why do the math functions use the unsafe package?
At the moment (Go 1.23), Go does not offer generic type assertion or generic type switching. So, after extensive testing and benchmarking, I found that switching based on the byte size of the generic zero type is currently the fastest way to differentiate between different numeric types. However, this does require some examination of the types overflow behaviour to deduce the concrete type. See the implementations of Add, Divide, Multiply, and Subtract as example.
Why do you dereference new(T) without nil-checking?
Currently (Go 1.23), there is no pre-defined way to return the zero value of a generic type, but you can instantiate a pointer to a generic zero type using new(T). This value is always safe to dereference and will not panic, so we can use *new(T). However, this can return nil in some cases, so package users are still expected to do proper nil-checking when working with nullable types.
Documentation
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Index ¶
- Variables
- func Add[T Number](x, y T) T
- func Clamp[T Number](number, min, max T) T
- func ClampMax[T Number](number, max T) T
- func ClampMin[T Number](number, min T) T
- func CompareFloats[T constraints.Float](a, b, tolerance, relativeTolerance T) bool
- func Dereference[T any](pointer *T) T
- func Divide[T Number](x, y T) T
- func IsNil(value any) bool
- func Multiply[T Number](x, y T) T
- func RequireTypeAssert[T any](value any) (typ T, err error)
- func SetValue[T any](pointer **T, value T)
- func Subtract[T Number](x, y T) T
- func Ternary[T any](condition bool, incase T, otherwise T) T
- func TypeAssert[T any](value any) T
- type AltArray
- type Array
- type Channel
- type CircularArray
- type CircularChannel
- type CircularSlice
- type Map
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Clear(key Key)
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Delete(key Key)
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Len() int
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Load(key Key) (value Value, ok bool)
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Range() iter.Seq2[Key, Value]
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Store(key Key, value Value)
- func (m *Map[Key, Value]) Swap(key Key, value Value) (previous Value, loaded bool)
- type NonBlockingChannel
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Clear()
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Close()
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Len() int
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Overflow() T
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) OverflowCount() uint64
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Pop() T
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Push(item T)
- func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Range() iter.Seq[T]
- type Number
- type Slice
Constants ¶
This section is empty.
Variables ¶
Functions ¶
func CompareFloats ¶
func CompareFloats[T constraints.Float](a, b, tolerance, relativeTolerance T) bool
func Dereference ¶
func Dereference[T any](pointer *T) T
Dereference with nil pointer dereference protection. Returns the zero value of the underlying type is the provided pointer is nil.
func Divide ¶
func Divide[T Number](x, y T) T
A generic divide function with divide by zero protection. If the denominator is zero, the maximum or mininum value of the generic type will be returned based on the sign of numerator.
func Multiply ¶
func Multiply[T Number](x, y T) T
A generic multiply function with overflow protection.
func RequireTypeAssert ¶
TODO: test Safer type assertion with error return that can panic and recover in case the type cannot be asserted and the generic zero value is nil. Returns an error if type assertion fails. If the generic zero value is nil, panic and recover instead.
func SetValue ¶
func SetValue[T any](pointer **T, value T)
Set the underlying value of a pointer with nil pointer dereference protection.
func Subtract ¶
func Subtract[T Number](x, y T) T
A generic subtract function with overflow protection.
func TypeAssert ¶
Safer generic type assertion. Returns zero value of the provided type is assertion fails. Beware that the asserted type can be nil in case of an interface, so this is not runtime safe!
Types ¶
type AltArray ¶
type AltArray[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic fixed size slice with out-of-bounds protection by clamping indices to [0, len-1].
func NewAltArray ¶
type Array ¶
type Array[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic fixed size slice with out-of-bounds protection by clamping indices to [0, len-1].
type Channel ¶
type Channel[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic blocking channel with double closing and nil channel protection.
func NewChannel ¶
A generic channel with double closing and nil channel protection.
type CircularArray ¶
type CircularArray[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic fixed size slice with out-of-bounds protection by allowing index overflow. Out-of-bounds indices are wrapped around like in a circular buffer.
func NewCircularArray ¶
func NewCircularArray[T any](length int) *CircularArray[T]
func (*CircularArray[T]) Clear ¶
func (a *CircularArray[T]) Clear()
func (*CircularArray[T]) Index ¶
func (a *CircularArray[T]) Index(i int) T
func (*CircularArray[T]) Len ¶
func (a *CircularArray[T]) Len() int
func (*CircularArray[T]) Set ¶
func (a *CircularArray[T]) Set(i int, value T)
type CircularChannel ¶
type CircularChannel[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic, circular channel that blocks on pop, but not on push,
with double closing and nil channel protection.
Block until an new entry is available on pop. If the channel is full, the oldest entry will be dropped on push.
func NewCircularChannel ¶
func NewCircularChannel[T any](size int) *CircularChannel[T]
func (*CircularChannel[T]) Close ¶
func (c *CircularChannel[T]) Close()
func (*CircularChannel[T]) Len ¶
func (c *CircularChannel[T]) Len() int
func (*CircularChannel[T]) Pop ¶
func (c *CircularChannel[T]) Pop() T
func (*CircularChannel[T]) Push ¶
func (c *CircularChannel[T]) Push(item T)
type CircularSlice ¶
type CircularSlice[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic slice with out-of-bounds protection by allowing index overflow. For reading, out-of-bounds indices are wrapped around like in a circular buffer. For writing, the slice will automatically grow its underlying capacity up to, a pre-determined maximum capacity base on the system memory statistics.
func NewCircularSlice ¶
func NewCircularSlice[T any](capacity int) CircularSlice[T]
func (CircularSlice[T]) Cap ¶
func (s CircularSlice[T]) Cap() int
func (CircularSlice[T]) Grow ¶
func (s CircularSlice[T]) Grow(n int)
func (CircularSlice[T]) Index ¶
func (s CircularSlice[T]) Index(index int) T
func (CircularSlice[T]) Len ¶
func (s CircularSlice[T]) Len() int
func (CircularSlice[T]) MaxCap ¶
func (s CircularSlice[T]) MaxCap() int
func (CircularSlice[T]) Set ¶
func (s CircularSlice[T]) Set(index int, value T)
type Map ¶
type Map[Key comparable, Value any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
type NonBlockingChannel ¶
type NonBlockingChannel[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic non-blocking channel with double closing and nil channel protection. Returns the zero value of the generic type if no item is available on the channel. Increases the overflow counter when the channel is full.
func NewNonBlockingChannel ¶
func NewNonBlockingChannel[T any](size int) *NonBlockingChannel[T]
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) Close ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Close()
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) Len ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Len() int
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) Overflow ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Overflow() T
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) OverflowCount ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) OverflowCount() uint64
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) Pop ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Pop() T
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) Push ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Push(item T)
func (*NonBlockingChannel[T]) Range ¶
func (c *NonBlockingChannel[T]) Range() iter.Seq[T]
TODO: test
type Number ¶
type Number interface {
constraints.Integer | constraints.Float
}
type Slice ¶
type Slice[T any] struct { // contains filtered or unexported fields }
A generic slice with out-of-bounds protection. For reading, out-of-bounds indices will be clamped to [0, len-1]. For writing, the slice will automatically grow its underlying capacity up to, a pre-determined maximum capacity base on the system memory statistics.
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