Declare slice or make slice?
In Golang, what is the difference between var s []int and s := make([]int, 0) ? I find that both works, but which one is better? VonC In addition to fabriziom 's answer , you can see more examples at " Go Slices: usage and internals ", where a use for []int is mentioned: Since the zero value of a slice ( nil ) acts like a zero-length slice , you can declare a slice variable and then append to it in a loop: // Filter returns a new slice holding only // the elements of s that satisfy f() func Filter(s []int, fn func(int) bool) []int { var p []int // == nil for _, v := range s { if fn(v) { p =