A slice of something like

idPointers := make([]*string, len(ids))

should be corrected to 

idPointers := make([]*string, 0, len(ids))

When the initial size is not provided to the make for slice creating, the slice is made to length (last argument) and filled with the default value. For instance _ := make([]int, 5) creates an array {0, 0, 0, 0, 0}. If this appended to rather than accessing and setting the information by index, then there are extra values. 

1. If we append to the array then we leave behind the default values (this could change the behavior of the function that the array is passed to). This could also pose as a malloc issue.
2. If we dont fill the array completely (ie. create a size of 5 and only fill 4 elements), then the same issue as above could come in to play.

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