go-safecast

go-safecast is a utility function package for safe casting between primitive data types of Go. The following shows an unsafe cast example that causes cast overflow problems, but the unsafe casting is not detected at runtime and compile time.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "math"
)

func main() {
    from := math.MaxInt8 + 1
    to := int8(from)
    fmt.Printf("%v != %v", to, from)

    // Output:
    // -128 != 128
}

go-safecast provides utility functions for safe casting, and raises an error if the casting is unsafe as the following.

package main

import (
    "github.com/cybergarage/go-safecast/safecast"
)

func main() {
    from := math.MaxInt8 + 1
    var to int8
    err := safecast.FromInt(from, &to)
    if err := nil {
        fmt.Println(err.Error())
    }

    // Output:
    // cast error : out of range 128 > *int8
}

Currently, go-safecast provides the following safe casting functions.Please see to know the functions and examples in more detail.

From functions

Function	To
func FromInt(from int, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromInt8(from int8, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromInt16(from int16, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromInt32(from int32, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromInt64(from int64, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromUint(from uint, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromUint8(from uint8, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromUint16(from uint16, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromUint32(from uint32, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromUint64(from uint64, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string, *bool
func FromFloat32(from float32, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string
func FromFloat64(from float64, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *string
func FromString(from string, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *float64, *float32, *bool, *string *[]byte
func FromBool(from bool, to any) error	*int, *int8, *int16, *int32, *int64, *uint, *uint8, *uint16, *uint32, *uint64, *bool, *string

To functions

Function	From
func ToInt(from any, to *int) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToInt8(from any, to *int8) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToInt16(from any, to *int16) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToInt32(from any, to *int32) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToInt64(from any, to *int64) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToUint(from any, to *uint) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToUint8(from any, to *uint8) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToUint16(from any, to *uint16) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToUint32(from any, to *uint32) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToUint64(from any, to *uint64) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64, string, bool
func ToFloat32(from any, to *float32) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float64, float32, string
func ToFloat64(from any, to *float64) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float64, float32, string
func ToString(from any, to *string) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float64, float32, bool, string []byte
func ToBool(from any, to *bool) error	int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, bool, string
func ToTime(from any, layout string, to *time.Time) error	string