Optionally insert nils instead of empty slices and maps about faker HOT 4 CLOSED

• CMIIW & I'm sorry if I do not get it right what you're saying here.

Currently, faker will always generate an array(slice) of dummy data for any array(slice) type.
For the case of using an empty slice as a slice value, I think that can be done by adding manually in the code because it's empty anyway, you don't need any item in it, so what the point to use faker.

I use faker when I have a struct that has array fields, but I'm too lazy to fill the array items. If I just need an empty slice or nil, I just put it in the code manually.

What do you think?

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If the struct is deeply nested it is very cumbersome to do manually. Also, adds a lot of boilerplate to unit tests.

The point is, empty and nil slices are important unit test items. Faker nicely creates empty slices so it will be nice of it to create nil slices and maps as well.

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hmmm, I see.
Cool. But I'm not sure I can add this ASAP, I'm so busy lately. Maybe you could submit a PR to solve this. I will really appreciate that ;)

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Should be fixed by #59

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