Pointer creation with 'new()'

Syntax update: pointer creation with new()

Reports cases where a pointer can be created directly from an expression using new(expr) in Go 1.26.

Instead of declaring a temporary variable just to take its address, you can pass the value or function result directly to new. This removes boilerplate, keeps related logic in one place, and makes pointer initialization easier to read.

Example:

age := calculateAge(birthDate)
user := &User{
    Name: "Alice",
    Age:  &age,
}

Here, the code creates a temporary variable only to take its address.

To simplify this, use the Replace with 'new()' quick-fix. After the quick-fix is applied:

user := &User{
    Name: "Alice",
    Age:  new(calculateAge(birthDate)),
}

This form avoids unnecessary temporary variables.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

GoSimplifyWithNew

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Go | Syntax updates

Inspection ID: GoSimplifyWithNew

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection GoSimplifyWithNew

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

GoLand 2025.3

Inspection Details
By default bundled with:	GoLand 2025.3, Qodana for Go 2025.3,

Last modified: 04 March 2026