optional-go, branch main

Add full-file example for JSON parsing

2024-12-01T19:41:08Z

Introduce example_ prefix convention

2024-12-01T19:26:12Z

This allows to distinguish unit test files of the format `_test.go` from full file examples like `example__test.go`.

Fix template example name

2024-12-01T19:11:30Z

The naming conventions for test functions are a bit special and different to the normal naming conventions in Go. They are documented here [1]. This had the effect that godoc and pkg.go.dev did not display this example. Testing with `godoc` locally helped to debug this. Calling `go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/godoc@latest` helped with the installation. [1]: https://go.dev/blog/examples

Fix go.mod file

2024-11-27T19:33:20Z

The go tool under Debian reported that the version of the tool should be specified only with major and minor version number but not patch version.

Add json (un)marshal support

2024-11-08T17:21:09Z

This allows to use optionals for fields of structs which are marshalled or unmarshalled to or from JavaScript object notation (JSON).

Test that empty optional does not exist

2024-11-08T17:02:09Z

Add example for usage in Go templates

2024-11-08T16:57:32Z

Add main.go with generic Optional definition

2024-11-08T15:58:52Z

This is the core of the optional package.

Add go.mod file

2024-11-08T15:30:03Z

This declares the xengineering.eu/optional-go module.

Add Mozilla Public License Version 2.0

2024-11-08T15:27:51Z