October 8, 2023

Golang Release 1.21: slices - Part 2

How to use the new package in Go standard library to sort slices efficiently.

With the release of Go 1.21, the Go standard library introduced several new features. While we’ve already discussed some of them in previous articles, in this episode, we’ll dive into more advanced enhancements. Naturally, we’ll focus on the new functions designed for sorting slices, which are part of the new slices package. This article will provide a deeper look into the implementation of these three new functions and touch on benchmarking as well.

October 6, 2023

Golang Release 1.21: slices - Part 1

New package in Go standard library that makes easier to work with slices.

As part of the new Go release, several exciting changes have been introduced to the Go ecosystem. While we’ve explored some of these changes in other articles about the maps package and the cmp package, there’s much more to discover beyond these two packages. In this article, we’ll focus on the first part of the slices package, specifically its new search functionality. Like many other updates and newly introduced packages, this one is also built upon the foundation of generics, which were introduced in Go 1.

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