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[arrays] Correct way to initialize empty slice

As an addition to @ANisus' answer...

below is some information from the "Go in action" book, which I think is worth mentioning:

Difference between nil & empty slices

If we think of a slice like this:

[pointer] [length] [capacity]

then:

nil slice:   [nil][0][0]
empty slice: [addr][0][0] // points to an address

nil slice

They’re useful when you want to represent a slice that doesn’t exist, such as when an exception occurs in a function that returns a slice.

// Create a nil slice of integers.
var slice []int

empty slice

Empty slices are useful when you want to represent an empty collection, such as when a database query returns zero results.

// Use make to create an empty slice of integers.
slice := make([]int, 0)

// Use a slice literal to create an empty slice of integers.
slice := []int{}

Regardless of whether you’re using a nil slice or an empty slice, the built-in functions append, len, and cap work the same.

Go playground example:

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

func main() {

    var nil_slice []int
    var empty_slice = []int{}

    fmt.Println(nil_slice == nil, len(nil_slice), cap(nil_slice))
    fmt.Println(empty_slice == nil, len(empty_slice), cap(empty_slice))

}

prints:

true 0 0
false 0 0

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