Fix conversion of zero valued scalar pointers to a dynamic value

libs/dyn/convert/end_to_end_test.go

@@ -67,4 +67,9 @@ func TestAdditional(t *testing.T) {
 			SliceOfPointer: []*string{nil},
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("pointer to a empty string", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s := ""
+		assertFromTypedToTypedEqual(t, &s)
+	})
 }

libs/dyn/convert/from_typed.go

@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ func fromTyped(src any, ref dyn.Value, options ...fromTypedOptions) (dyn.Value,
 			return dyn.NilValue, nil
 		}
 		srcv = srcv.Elem()
+
+		// If a pointer to a scalar type points to a zero value, we should include
+		// that zero value in the dynamic representation.
+		// This is because by default a pointer is nil in Go, and it not being nil
+		// indicates its value was intentionally set to zero.
+		if !slices.Contains(options, includeZeroValues) {
+			options = append(options, includeZeroValues)
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch srcv.Kind() {