Comment on A new experimental Go API for JSONparentComments−leononame1yThat is not true, though. Reading from a nil map panics, and reading from an empty map does not.−int_19h1yIt doesn't. E.g. this prints 0:var m map[string]int = nil fmt.Println(m["foo"])The language spec is also pretty clear on this; https://go.dev/ref/spec#Map_types:A nil map is equivalent to an empty map except that no elements may be added.
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That is not true, though. Reading from a nil map panics, and reading from an empty map does not.
It doesn't. E.g. this prints 0:
var m map[string]int = nil fmt.Println(m["foo"])
The language spec is also pretty clear on this; https://go.dev/ref/spec#Map_types: