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Code reviewMediumcr-g583
Subject Concurrency lazy init raceLevel Mid–Senior~25 minCommon in Concurrency interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Go lazy initialization of a shared client.

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var client *APIClient func Client() *APIClient {    if client == nil {        client = newAPIClient() // dials, loads creds    }    return client}
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