diff --git a/immcheck.go b/immcheck.go
index b9744fe..3abd395 100644
--- a/immcheck.go
+++ b/immcheck.go
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ var mapIterPool = &sync.Pool{New: func() interface{} { return &reflect.MapIter{}
 const maxPoolCacheSizePerGoroutine = 1024
 
 //nolint:gochecknoglobals // reflectValuePoolCache is global to maximise pools re-use
-var reflectValuePoolCache = NewPCache(maxPoolCacheSizePerGoroutine)
+var reflectValuePoolCache = newPCache(maxPoolCacheSizePerGoroutine)
 
 func perEntrySnapshot(snapshot *ValueSnapshot, value reflect.Value, options Options) *ValueSnapshot {
 	iterator := mapIterPool.Get().(*reflect.MapIter)
@@ -391,17 +391,9 @@ func perEntrySnapshot(snapshot *ValueSnapshot, value reflect.Value, options Opti
 
 	mapType := value.Type()
 	mapKeyType := mapType.Key()
-	mapKeyTypeName := typeName{
-		path: mapKeyType.PkgPath(),
-		name: mapKeyType.Name(),
-	}
 	mapValueType := mapType.Elem()
-	mapValueTypeName := typeName{
-		path: mapValueType.PkgPath(),
-		name: mapValueType.Name(),
-	}
 
-	keyProvider, ok := reflectValuePoolCache.Load(mapKeyTypeName)
+	keyProvider, ok := reflectValuePoolCache.load(mapKeyType)
 	if !ok {
 		keyProvider = &sync.Pool{
 			New: func() interface{} {
@@ -410,12 +402,12 @@ func perEntrySnapshot(snapshot *ValueSnapshot, value reflect.Value, options Opti
 			},
 		}
 	}
-	defer reflectValuePoolCache.Store(mapKeyTypeName, keyProvider)
+	defer reflectValuePoolCache.store(mapKeyType, keyProvider)
 	keyPool := keyProvider.(*sync.Pool)
 	k := keyPool.Get().(*reflect.Value)
 	defer keyPool.Put(k)
 
-	valueProvider, ok := reflectValuePoolCache.Load(mapValueTypeName)
+	valueProvider, ok := reflectValuePoolCache.load(mapValueType)
 	if !ok {
 		valueProvider = &sync.Pool{
 			New: func() interface{} {
@@ -424,7 +416,7 @@ func perEntrySnapshot(snapshot *ValueSnapshot, value reflect.Value, options Opti
 			},
 		}
 	}
-	defer reflectValuePoolCache.Store(mapValueTypeName, valueProvider)
+	defer reflectValuePoolCache.store(mapValueType, valueProvider)
 	valuePool := valueProvider.(*sync.Pool)
 	v := valuePool.Get().(*reflect.Value)
 	defer valuePool.Put(v)
diff --git a/immcheck_test.go b/immcheck_test.go
index 993a3b6..051a535 100644
--- a/immcheck_test.go
+++ b/immcheck_test.go
@@ -809,6 +809,12 @@ func expectPanic(t *testing.T, f func(), expectedError error) string {
 		defer func() {
 			actualPanic = recover()
 			if expectedError != nil {
+				if actualPanic == nil {
+					t.Fatalf(
+						"expected error didn't happen. expected %T(%v)",
+						expectedError, expectedError,
+					)
+				}
 				if !errors.Is(actualPanic.(error), expectedError) {
 					t.Fatalf(
 						"unexpected error type. expected %T(%v); actual: %T(%v)",
diff --git a/pcache.go b/pcache.go
index 768773d..82bd40b 100644
--- a/pcache.go
+++ b/pcache.go
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 package immcheck
 
 import (
+	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 )
 
-type typeName struct {
-	path string
-	name string
-}
-
-type cache map[typeName]interface{}
+type cache map[reflect.Type]interface{}
 
 type cacheStripe struct {
 	cache cache
@@ -27,20 +23,20 @@ type cacheStripe struct {
 //
 // All operations run in amortized constant time.
 // PCache does its best to cache items inside and do as little synchronization as possible
-// but since it is cache, there is no guarantee that PCache won't evict your item after Store.
+// but since it is cache, there is no guarantee that PCache won't evict your item after store.
 //
 // PCache evicts random items if I goroutine local cache achieves maxSizePerGoroutine size.
 // PCache cleans itself entirely from time to time.
 //
 // The zero PCache is invalid. Use NewPCache method to create PCache.
-type PCache struct {
+type pCache struct {
 	maxSize int
 	pool    *sync.Pool
 }
 
-// NewPCache creates PCache with maxSizePerGoroutine.
-func NewPCache(maxSizePerGoroutine uint) *PCache {
-	return &PCache{
+// newPCache creates PCache with maxSizePerGoroutine.
+func newPCache(maxSizePerGoroutine uint) *pCache {
+	return &pCache{
 		maxSize: int(maxSizePerGoroutine),
 		pool: &sync.Pool{
 			New: func() interface{} {
@@ -52,16 +48,16 @@ func NewPCache(maxSizePerGoroutine uint) *PCache {
 	}
 }
 
-// Load fetches (value, true) from cache associated with key or (nil, false) if it is not present.
-func (p *PCache) Load(key typeName) (interface{}, bool) {
+// load fetches (value, true) from cache associated with key or (nil, false) if it is not present.
+func (p *pCache) load(key reflect.Type) (interface{}, bool) {
 	stripe := p.pool.Get().(*cacheStripe)
 	defer p.pool.Put(stripe)
 	value, ok := stripe.cache[key]
 	return value, ok
 }
 
-// Store stores value for a key in cache.
-func (p *PCache) Store(key typeName, value interface{}) {
+// store stores value for a key in cache.
+func (p *pCache) store(key reflect.Type, value interface{}) {
 	stripe := p.pool.Get().(*cacheStripe)
 	defer p.pool.Put(stripe)