More atomic.Value cleanups

app.go

@@ -81,20 +81,11 @@ type App interface {
 	SetCloudProvider(CloudProvider) // configure cloud for this app
 }
 
-// app contains an App variable, but due to atomic.Value restrictions on
-// interfaces we need to use an indirect type, i.e. appContainer.
-var app atomic.Pointer[appContainer] // appContainer
-
-// appContainer is a dummy container that holds an App instance. This
-// struct exists to guarantee that atomic.Value can store objects with
-// same type.
-type appContainer struct {
-	current App
-}
+var app atomic.Pointer[App]
 
 // SetCurrentApp is an internal function to set the app instance currently running.
 func SetCurrentApp(current App) {
-	app.Store(&appContainer{current})
+	app.Store(&current)
 }
 
 // CurrentApp returns the current application, for which there is only 1 per process.
@@ -104,7 +95,7 @@ func CurrentApp() App {
 		LogError("Attempt to access current Fyne app when none is started", nil)
 		return nil
 	}
-	return val.current
+	return *val
 }
 
 // AppMetadata captures the build metadata for an application.

internal/cache/base.go

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func ResetThemeCaches() {
 	})
 
 	fontSizeLock.Lock()
-	fontSizeCache = map[fontSizeEntry]fontMetric{}
+	fontSizeCache = map[fontSizeEntry]*fontMetric{}
 	fontSizeLock.Unlock()
 }
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func matchesACanvas(cinfo *canvasInfo, canvases []fyne.Canvas) bool {
 }
 
 type expiringCache struct {
-	expires atomic.Value // time.time
+	expires atomic.Pointer[time.Time]
 }
 
 // isExpired check if the cache data is expired.
@@ -224,12 +224,13 @@ func (c *expiringCache) isExpired(now time.Time) bool {
 	if t == nil {
 		return (time.Time{}).Before(now)
 	}
-	return t.(time.Time).Before(now)
+	return (*t).Before(now)
 }
 
 // setAlive updates expiration time.
 func (c *expiringCache) setAlive() {
-	c.expires.Store(timeNow().Add(cacheDuration))
+	time := timeNow().Add(cacheDuration)
+	c.expires.Store(&time)
 }
 
 type expiringCacheNoLock struct {

internal/cache/text.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	fontSizeCache = map[fontSizeEntry]fontMetric{}
+	fontSizeCache = map[fontSizeEntry]*fontMetric{}
 	fontSizeLock  = sync.RWMutex{}
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func GetFontMetrics(text string, fontSize float32, style fyne.TextStyle) (size f
 // SetFontMetrics stores a calculated font size and baseline for parameters that were missing from the cache.
 func SetFontMetrics(text string, fontSize float32, style fyne.TextStyle, size fyne.Size, base float32) {
 	ent := fontSizeEntry{text, fontSize, style}
-	metric := fontMetric{size: size, baseLine: base}
+	metric := &fontMetric{size: size, baseLine: base}
 	metric.setAlive()
 	fontSizeLock.Lock()
 	fontSizeCache[ent] = metric