Being EOL, any alternative recommendation

[satish-suradkar]

Since this package is EOL, is there any alternative recommendation?

[derekperkins]

https://github.com/sanity-io/litter

[yassinebenaid]

there is this one too:

https://github.com/yassinebenaid/godump

[fira42073]

@yassinebenaid this one is amazing, but it panics on array types C:

I did a small workaround, but tbh don't have time to open a proper PR. if you can fix it in one of the future releases using the idiomatic behavior you deem proper, I'd really appreciate that.

diff --git a/dumper.go b/dumper.go
index 45968c1..a05a16a 100644
--- a/dumper.go
+++ b/dumper.go
@@ -248,7 +248,21 @@ func (d *Dumper) dumpSlice(v reflect.Value) {
 		d.ptrTag = 0
 	}
 
-	if v.IsNil() {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			d.buf.WriteString(__(d.Theme.Types, v.Type().String()))
+			d.writeNil()
+			d.buf.WriteString(tag)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// this might panic if it's an array instead of slice
+	if v.IsZero() {
+		d.buf.WriteString(__(d.Theme.Types, v.Type().String()))
+		d.writeZeroValue()
+		d.buf.WriteString(tag)
+		return
+	} else if v.IsNil() {
 		d.buf.WriteString(__(d.Theme.Types, v.Type().String()))
 		d.writeNil()
 		d.buf.WriteString(tag)
@@ -422,3 +436,7 @@ func (d *Dumper) wrapType(v reflect.Value, str string) {
 func (d *Dumper) writeNil() {
 	d.buf.WriteString(__(d.Theme.Braces, "(") + __(d.Theme.Nil, "nil") + __(d.Theme.Braces, ")"))
 }
+
+func (d *Dumper) writeZeroValue() {
+	d.buf.WriteString(__(d.Theme.Braces, "(") + __(d.Theme.Nil, "<zero value>") + __(d.Theme.Braces, ")"))
+}