make env package functions return copies of their pointed default values #141
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I think there is benefit to keeping the default argument as a pointer. Specifically in the gateway, where we are passing in a pointer to a loaded config value which may or may not be nil.
I do think that these functions shouldn't blindly return the default argument as is. Instead they should return a pointer to a copy of the default argument's value. Hopefully this will help reduce confusion since the functions are returning pointers to values, instead of setting the value at a specified pointer.