support custom defaults on types that implement encoding.TextUnmarshaler

[llorllale]

This is pretty much the same proposal as in #45 except for:

• we reuse the standard encoding.TextUnmarshaler interface
• we uphold the guarantee of Preserves non-initial values from being reset with a default value
• a mention in the README

[llorllale]

hmm any hints as to why we're still building against an unsupported version of Go?

[llorllale]

hmm any hints as to why we're still building against an unsupported version of Go?

@servusdei2018 can I get your feedback on this?

[servusdei2018]

hmm any hints as to why we're still building against an unsupported version of Go?

@servusdei2018 can I get your feedback on this?

Oh I believe in the context of #45, checking t.Field(i).PkgPath was used instead of isExported (introduced in go1.17) to preserve compatibility with go1.14 as specified in go.mod

It's definitely possible to bump to go1.17; as of now even the slower distros (e.g. Debian Bookworm) are up to go1.19, so a bump to 1.17 would be fine I think. It's probably be best to bump the required Go version to the minimum necessary for the language features and standard library changes used in this project but not further so that we maintain compatibility as much as possible with people using older releases.

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 96.12%. Comparing base (abebf4b) to head (80cef20).

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[llorllale]

coming back to this:

• bumped Go ver to 1.17 as discussed above
• used StructField.PkgPath == "" to determine if member is exported (thus keeping compatibility with 1.17)
• added another unit test to satisfy coverage threshold

@servusdei2018 @creasty