How to initialize members in Go struct
You just need a constructor. A common used pattern is func NewSyncMap() *SyncMap { return &SyncMap{hm: make(map[string]string)} } In case of more fields inside your struct, starting a goroutine as backend, or registering a finalizer everything could be done in this constructor. func NewSyncMap() *SyncMap { sm := SyncMap{ hm: make(map[string]string), foo: “Bar”, } runtime.SetFinalizer(sm, … Read more