This just in! When is a constructor that returns an interface appropriate? 🤔

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• Around the community • 🤔 Reddit: Is it idiomatic to create a constructor that returns an interface? (https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/1csoyjy/define_an_interface_a_struct_the_implements_that/) • GitHub CLI 2.49.1 (https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.49.1) includes contribution from Shay

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