Pointer asserts are used to check if a pointer is nil or not.
To find out more about how the asserts can be used, you can take a look at the unit tests here.
Nil checks if the pointer is nil.
package main
import (
"testing"
"github.com/Jh123x/gotest/assert"
)
func TestIsNil(t *testing.T){
var a *int
assert.IsNil(t, a, "a is not nil") // This returns true as a is nil
var b *int
assert.IsNil(t, b, "b is not nil") // This returns false and errors as b is not nil
}
NotNil checks if the pointer is not nil.
package main
import(
"testing"
"github.com/Jh123x/gotest"
)
func TestNotNil(t *testing.T){
a := new(int)
assert.NotNil(t, a, "a is nil") // This returns true as a is not nil
var b *int
assert.NotNil(t, b, "b is nil") // This returns false and errors as b is nil
}