when to use atomic.Pointer[T] versus atomic.Value

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go1.19 introduce atomic.Pointer, and I noticed Some source code has moved from atomic.Value to atomic.Pointer. (ex: 426074: sync: switch Map to use atomic.Pointer, 422174: encoding/gob: change typeInfo.encoder type to atomic.Pointer[T])

So my question are:

  1. If my code considers using generics, can all atomic.Value's be converted to atomic.Pointer's and what are the cases where atomic.Value's should be used more?
  2. Is the existence of atomic.Value only for compatibility reasons, should atomic.Value be gradually deprecated?
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Prefer more specific atomic types over atomic.Value. Just as atomic.Bool is preferred over atomic.Value when working with bool values, atomic.Pointer is preferred over atomic.Value when working with pointers.

If my code considers using generics, can all atomic.Value's be converted to atomic.Pointer's and what are the cases where atomic.Value's should be used more?

Convert from atomic.Value to atomic.Pointer when the value is a pointer.

Is the existence of atomic.Value only for compatibility reasons, should atomic.Value be gradually deprecated?

The atomic types that are more specific than atomic.Value do not cover all possible types. There's still a need atomic.Value.

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