Golang Set Types Matter (A Little)
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This is just to settle a dispute that mostly exists in my own head. It likely matters very, very little. However, it matters enough. I am currently interviewing for new jobs and during one interview, I was asked to design an algorithm for which I needed a set data type. Golang provides no built-in set data type, but it does provide a map, so I defined my set as follows:
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