raise minimum Go version to 1.26

7 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 279db3d..405af16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Stefan Majewsky <majewsky@gmx.net>
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 -->
 
+# v1.10.0 (TBD)
+
+Changes:
+
+- The minimum Go version was increased from 1.24 to 1.26.
+
 # v1.9.1 (2026-06-17)
 
 Changes:
diff --git a/columnar/columnar.go b/columnar/columnar.go
index 5e339ab..fad6627 100644
--- a/columnar/columnar.go
+++ b/columnar/columnar.go
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ var columnarListTypes = map[reflect.Type]reflect.Type{}
 type List[T any] []T
 
 func foreachRelevantField(t reflect.Type, action func(f reflect.StructField)) {
-	for idx := range t.NumField() {
-		f := t.Field(idx)
+	for f := range t.Fields() {
 		if f.PkgPath == "" && f.Tag.Get("json") != "-" {
 			action(f)
 		}
diff --git a/columnar/columnar_test.go b/columnar/columnar_test.go
index 70e27c4..3e050ce 100644
--- a/columnar/columnar_test.go
+++ b/columnar/columnar_test.go
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ func TestJSONRoundtripResolvesPointers(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	testSuccessfulJSONRoundtrip(t,
 		[]***Record{
-			PointerTo(PointerTo(PointerTo(Record{1, 2}))),
-			PointerTo(PointerTo(PointerTo(Record{2, 4}))),
-			PointerTo(PointerTo(PointerTo(Record{3, 6}))),
+			new(new(new(Record{1, 2}))),
+			new(new(new(Record{2, 4}))),
+			new(new(new(Record{3, 6}))),
 		},
 		jsonmatch.Object{
 			"Foo": jsonmatch.Array{1, 2, 3},
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func TestJSONRoundtripErrors(t *testing.T) {
 
 	_, err := json.Marshal(columnar.List[nothingPublic]{{1, 2}})
 	AssertEqual(t, err.Error(), `json: error calling MarshalJSON for type columnar.List[go.xyrillian.de/gg/columnar_test.nothingPublic·5]: columnar_test.nothingPublic has no exported fields`)
-	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{}`), PointerTo(columnar.List[nothingPublic]{}))
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{}`), new(columnar.List[nothingPublic]{}))
 	AssertEqual(t, err.Error(), `columnar_test.nothingPublic has no exported fields`)
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func TestJSONUnmarshalFromInconsistentLengths(t *testing.T) {
 		Bar int
 	}
 
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"Foo":[1,2],"Bar":[3,4,5]}`), PointerTo(columnar.List[Record]{}))
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"Foo":[1,2],"Bar":[3,4,5]}`), new(columnar.List[Record]{}))
 	AssertEqual(t, err.Error(), `cannot unmarshal from columns with inconsistent lengths [2 3]`)
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d2dc1a5..deaffce 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module go.xyrillian.de/gg
 
-go 1.24
+go 1.26
diff --git a/internal/test/helpers.go b/internal/test/helpers.go
index c466c69..4cfca1e 100644
--- a/internal/test/helpers.go
+++ b/internal/test/helpers.go
@@ -19,7 +19,3 @@ func AssertEqual[V any](t *testing.T, actual, expected V) bool {
 	t.Errorf("expected %#v, but got %#v", expected, actual)
 	return false
 }
-
-func PointerTo[V any](value V) *V {
-	return &value
-}
diff --git a/option/option_test.go b/option/option_test.go
index a5eb3ff..646108a 100644
--- a/option/option_test.go
+++ b/option/option_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestZeroValue(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestAsPointer(t *testing.T) {
 	AssertEqual(t, None[int]().AsPointer(), nil)
-	AssertEqual(t, Some(42).AsPointer(), PointerTo(42))
+	AssertEqual(t, Some(42).AsPointer(), new(42))
 }
 
 func TestAsSlice(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/options/options_test.go b/options/options_test.go
index b80d550..fab378b 100644
--- a/options/options_test.go
+++ b/options/options_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestFromPointer(t *testing.T) {
 	AssertEqual(t, FromPointer[int](nil), None[int]())
-	AssertEqual(t, FromPointer(PointerTo[int](42)), Some(42))
+	AssertEqual(t, FromPointer(new(int(42))), Some(42))
 }
 
 func TestIsNoneOrZero(t *testing.T) {