From af0a612eca25fbb56d3c8885965f43bd7e106eda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: diamondburned <diamond@libdb.so>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2024 13:32:02 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] json/option: Add helper Optional[T] type

---
 go.mod                      |  2 +-
 utils/json/option/option.go | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd0635b..84609eb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/diamondburned/arikawa/v3
 
-go 1.16
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/gorilla/schema v1.4.1
diff --git a/utils/json/option/option.go b/utils/json/option/option.go
index f192c28..95dd712 100644
--- a/utils/json/option/option.go
+++ b/utils/json/option/option.go
@@ -4,3 +4,17 @@
 // To generate pointerrized primitives, there are helper functions NewT() for
 // each option type.
 package option
+
+// Optional wraps a type to make it omittable.
+type Optional[T any] *T
+
+// Some creates a new Optional with the value of the passed type.
+func Some[T any](v T) Optional[T] {
+	return &v
+}
+
+// PtrTo creates a pointer to the passed value.
+// It is like [Some], except it returns *T directly rather than Optional[T].
+func PtrTo[T any](v T) *T {
+	return &v
+}