Update to go 1.26.0 and golangci-lint 2.9.0 (#36588)

modules/util/util.go

@@ -197,11 +197,6 @@ func ToFloat64(number any) (float64, error) {
 	return value, nil
 }
 
-// ToPointer returns the pointer of a copy of any given value
-func ToPointer[T any](val T) *T {
-	return &val
-}
-
 // Iif is an "inline-if", it returns "trueVal" if "condition" is true, otherwise "falseVal"
 func Iif[T any](condition bool, trueVal, falseVal T) T {
 	if condition {

modules/util/util_test.go

@@ -212,15 +212,6 @@ func TestToTitleCase(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, `Foo Bar Baz`, ToTitleCase(`FOO BAR BAZ`))
 }
 
-func TestToPointer(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, "abc", *ToPointer("abc"))
-	assert.Equal(t, 123, *ToPointer(123))
-	abc := "abc"
-	assert.NotSame(t, &abc, ToPointer(abc))
-	val123 := 123
-	assert.NotSame(t, &val123, ToPointer(val123))
-}
-
 func TestReserveLineBreakForTextarea(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "test\ndata", ReserveLineBreakForTextarea("test\r\ndata"))
 	assert.Equal(t, "test\ndata\n", ReserveLineBreakForTextarea("test\r\ndata\r\n"))