web

implements a Go web server that uses an object to carry request-scoped state

premise

• context.Context is ugly; minimize its surface area
• objects carry request-scoped state when given proper method recievers
• this applies to an http.ServeMux

method

• Create an object
• Implement an initial handler method as a value reciever
• Assign request scoped data to the value
• Service the request, invoking value or pointer reciever methods from the initial handler if necessary

references

• golang/go#225602: relax recommendation against putting Contexts in structs