How to test the equivalence of maps in Golang?

Question

I have a table-driven test case like this one:

func CountWords(s string) map[string]int

func TestCountWords(t *testing.T) {
  var tests = []struct {
    input s         


        

Answer 1

Use the "Diff" method of github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp:

Code:

// Let got be the hypothetical value obtained from some logic under test
// and want be the expected golden data.
got, want := MakeGatewayInfo()

if diff := cmp.Diff(want, got); diff != "" {
    t.Errorf("MakeGatewayInfo() mismatch (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
}

Output:

MakeGatewayInfo() mismatch (-want +got):
  cmp_test.Gateway{
    SSID:      "CoffeeShopWiFi",
-   IPAddress: s"192.168.0.2",
+   IPAddress: s"192.168.0.1",
    NetMask:   net.IPMask{0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00},
    Clients: []cmp_test.Client{
        ... // 2 identical elements
        {Hostname: "macchiato", IPAddress: s"192.168.0.153", LastSeen: s"2009-11-10 23:39:43 +0000 UTC"},
        {Hostname: "espresso", IPAddress: s"192.168.0.121"},
        {
            Hostname:  "latte",
-           IPAddress: s"192.168.0.221",
+           IPAddress: s"192.168.0.219",
            LastSeen:  s"2009-11-10 23:00:23 +0000 UTC",
        },
+       {
+           Hostname:  "americano",
+           IPAddress: s"192.168.0.188",
+           LastSeen:  s"2009-11-10 23:03:05 +0000 UTC",
+       },
    },
  }