The missing generic
set collection for the Go language. Until Go has sets built-in...use this.
alpha
release on thisgenerics
branch- supports
new generic
syntax - Go
1.18beta1
or higher
Coming from Python one of the things I miss is the superbly wonderful set collection. This is my attempt to mimic the primary features of the set collection from Python. You can of course argue that there is no need for a set in Go, otherwise the creators would have added one to the standard library. To those I say simply ignore this repository and carry-on and to the rest that find this useful please contribute in helping me make it better by contributing with suggestions or PRs.
- NEW Generics based implementation (requires Go 1.18beta1 or higher)
- One common interface to both implementations
- a non threadsafe implementation favoring performance
- a threadsafe implementation favoring concurrent use
- Feature complete set implementation modeled after Python's set implementation.
- Exhaustive unit-test and benchmark suite
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- Notable projects/companies using this package
- Ethereum
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- Hashicorp
The code below demonstrates how a Set collection can better manage data and actually minimize boilerplate and needless loops in code. This package now fully supports generic syntax so you are now able to instantiate a collection for any comparable type object.
What is considered comparable in Go?
Booleans
,integers
,strings
,floats
or basically primitive types.Pointers
Arrays
Structs
if all of their fields are also comparable independently
Using this library is as simple as creating either a threadsafe or non-threadsafe set and providing a comparable
type for instantiation of the collection.
// Syntax example, doesn't compile.
mySet := mapset.NewSet[T]() // where T is some concrete comparable type.
// Therefore this code creates an int set
mySet := mapset.NewSet[int]()
// Or perhaps you want a string set
mySet := mapset.NewSet[string]()
type myStruct {
name string
age uint8
}
// Alternatively a set of structs
mySet := mapset.NewSet[myStruct]()
package main
import (
"fmt"
mapset "github.com/billinghamj/golang-set"
)
func main() {
// Create a string-based set of required classes.
required := mapset.NewSet[string]()
required.Add("cooking")
required.Add("english")
required.Add("math")
required.Add("biology")
// Create a string-based set of science classes.
sciences := mapset.NewSet[string]()
sciences.Add("biology")
sciences.Add("chemistry")
// Create a string-based set of electives.
electives := mapset.NewSet[string]()
electives.Add("welding")
electives.Add("music")
electives.Add("automotive")
// Create a string-based set of bonus programming classes.
bonus := mapset.NewSet[string]()
bonus.Add("beginner go")
bonus.Add("python for dummies")
}
Create a set of all unique classes. Sets will automatically deduplicate the same data.
all := required
.Union(sciences)
.Union(electives)
.Union(bonus)
fmt.Println(all)
Output:
Set{cooking, english, math, chemistry, welding, biology, music, automotive, beginner go, python for dummies}
Is cooking considered a science class?
result := sciences.Contains("cooking")
fmt.Println(result)
Output:
false
Show me all classes that are not science classes, since I don't enjoy science.
notScience := all.Difference(sciences)
fmt.Println(notScience)
Set{ music, automotive, beginner go, python for dummies, cooking, english, math, welding }
Which science classes are also required classes?
reqScience := sciences.Intersect(required)
Output:
Set{biology}
How many bonus classes do you offer?
fmt.Println(bonus.Cardinality())
Output:
2