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		xal on April 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go 1.3 beta 1 released I tend to use map[string]interface{} when I need a set. It works okay.

farslan on April 23, 2014 | [–]

struct{} is better because it doesn't do an allocating. See: https://github.com/fatih/set/blob/master/set_ts.go#L18

cespare on April 23, 2014 | [–]

Why interface{}? You're storing a value (and using space for it) that you don't need.

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