refactored

utils/user.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // WildcardMXIDsToRegexes converts a list of wildcard patterns to a list of regular expressions
-func WildcardMXIDsToRegexes(wildCardPatterns []string) (*[]*regexp.Regexp, error) {
+func WildcardMXIDsToRegexes(wildCardPatterns []string) ([]*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 	regexPatterns := make([]*regexp.Regexp, len(wildCardPatterns))
 
 	for idx, wildCardPattern := range wildCardPatterns {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func WildcardMXIDsToRegexes(wildCardPatterns []string) (*[]*regexp.Regexp, error
 		regexPatterns[idx] = regex
 	}
 
-	return &regexPatterns, nil
+	return regexPatterns, nil
 }
 
 // Match tells if the given user id is allowed to use the bot, according to the given whitelist

utils/user_test.go

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Error(err)
 				}
 
-				actualResult := Match(testData.checkedValue, *allowedUserRegexes)
+				actualResult := Match(testData.checkedValue, allowedUserRegexes)
 
 				if actualResult == testData.expectedResult {
 					return