Ian has an answer for this here
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/qf76N-uDcHA/DTCDNgaF_p4J
On Mon, 2016-08-22 at 22:28 -0700, T L wrote:
> Looks this question can be stated as "why can't named pointer types
> have
> methods?"
>
> package main
>
> type PT *int
> func (pt PT) f() {} // error: invalid receiver type PT (PT is a
> pointer
> type)
>
> func main() {}
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"golang-nuts" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email
to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
