August 17 Pointers Part 4

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Let's talk more about pointers! We've been working on a linked list in Go (https://github.com/osscda/lets-go-project) using pointers over the last 3 weeks (#10, #12, #14 ), and we're going to continue that discussion this week.

Last week we implemented the Append function and refactored GetValue for our Item struct. We talked about the recommended practice of passing around the pointer and address versus the object itself. We also used the pattern of the endless loop with appropriate breaks and returns. We did an intro to debugging go with VS Code and we could see the value of the list.

Agenda

• Build Replace function
• Build Delete function
• Build Insert function

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