{"id":11861,"date":"2024-03-14T14:52:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-difference-between-new-and-make-in-the-go-language\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:09:03","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-new-and-make-in-the-go-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-difference-between-new-and-make-in-the-go-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Go new vs make: Memory Allocation Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Go language, both new and make are keywords used to allocate memory, but they have different usage and target objects.<\/p>\n

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  1. fresh<\/li>\n
  2. fresh<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \/\/ \u4f7f\u7528new\u5206\u914d\u6574\u578b\u53d8\u91cf\u7684\u5185\u5b58<\/span>\r\nvar<\/span> i *int<\/span>\r\ni = new<\/span>(int<\/span>)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      \n
    1. to create or produce<\/li>\n
    2. create<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \/\/ \u4f7f\u7528make\u5206\u914d\u5207\u7247\u7684\u5185\u5b58<\/span>\r\ns := make<\/span>([]int<\/span>, 0<\/span>, 10<\/span>)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      In summary, ‘new’ is used for memory allocation of value types, while ‘make’ is used for memory allocation of reference types.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      In the Go language, both new and make are keywords used to allocate memory, but they have different usage and target objects. fresh fresh \/\/ \u4f7f\u7528new\u5206\u914d\u6574\u578b\u53d8\u91cf\u7684\u5185\u5b58 var i *int i = new(int) to create or produce create \/\/ \u4f7f\u7528make\u5206\u914d\u5207\u7247\u7684\u5185\u5b58 s := make([]int, 0, 10) In summary, ‘new’ is used for memory allocation of value types, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15426,15425,15423,15424,4095],"class_list":["post-11861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-go-language-basics","tag-go-make-function","tag-go-memory-allocation","tag-go-new-function","tag-go-programming"],"yoast_head":"\nGo new vs make: Memory Allocation Differences - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how Go's new and make functions differ in memory allocation. 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