Go: New unique package

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<h1>New unique package</h1>
  
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  Michael Knyszek<br>
  27 August 2024
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  <p>The standard library of Go 1.23 now includes the <a href="https://pkg.go.dev/unique" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">new <code>unique</code> package</a>.

The purpose behind this package is to enable the canonicalization of
comparable values.
In other words, this package lets you deduplicate values so that they point
to a single, canonical, unique copy, while efficiently managing the canonical
copies under the hood.
You might be familiar with this concept already, called
“interning”.
Let’s dive in to see how it works, and why it’s useful.

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