Anders Eknert on Nostr: My new favorite #golang discovery is `cmp.Or` to assign default values. Instead of: ...
My new favorite #golang discovery is `cmp.Or` to assign default values. Instead of:
```
v := version.Version
if v == "" {
v = "unknown"
}
```
do:
```
v := cmp.Or(version.Version, "unknown")
```
With the or-condition triggered by the zero-value for the first arg. Neat!
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