Less naked returns (#25713)

just a step towards  #25655

and some related refactoring

modules/util/util.go

@@ -256,3 +256,8 @@ 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
+}