added new int64ToPtr method to api/util to avoid pulling in other pac…

…kages

api/jobs.go

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorhill/cronexpr"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ func (j *Jobs) Scale(jobID, group string, count *int,
 	reason, error *string, meta map[string]interface{}, q *WriteOptions) (*JobRegisterResponse, *WriteMeta, error) {
 	var count64 *int64
 	if count != nil {
-		count64 = helper.Int64ToPtr(int64(*count))
+		count64 = int64ToPtr(int64(*count))
 	}
 	req := &ScalingRequest{
 		Count: count64,

api/util_test.go

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func testJobWithScalingPolicy() *Job {
 	job := testJob()
 	job.TaskGroups[0].Scaling = &ScalingPolicy{
 		Policy:  map[string]interface{}{},
-		Min: int64ToPtr(1),
-		Max: 1,
+		Min:     int64ToPtr(1),
+		Max:     1,
 		Enabled: boolToPtr(true),
 	}
 	return job
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ func testQuotaSpec() *QuotaSpec {
 // conversions utils only used for testing
 // added here to avoid linter warning
 
-// int64ToPtr returns the pointer to an int
-func int64ToPtr(i int64) *int64 {
-	return &i
-}
-
 // float64ToPtr returns the pointer to an float64
 func float64ToPtr(f float64) *float64 {
 	return &f

api/utils.go

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ func uint64ToPtr(u uint64) *uint64 {
 	return &u
 }
 
+// int64ToPtr returns the pointer to a int64
+func int64ToPtr(u int64) *int64 {
+	return &u
+}
+
 // stringToPtr returns the pointer to a string
 func stringToPtr(str string) *string {
 	return &str