(for completeness and future reference, I found how Addr() will let me use a pointer receiver https://play.golang.org/p/JSKduIPDV2e . However, I'm still at the place I was in the Go Playground link mentioned immediately above)
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Boone Severson <boone.sever...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for the response. I've chosen to have Validate() receive a copy > of the value, but I still can't find Validate() in the list of Methods: > > https://play.golang.org/p/uCeCB-wv4Ku (run to see output) > > Any further advice? Thanks in advance. > > > On Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 10:40:34 AM UTC-8, Ayan George wrote: >> >> >> On 01/18/2018 01:28 PM, Boone Severson wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I've got structs containing custom types. I'm hoping to use reflect >> > to create some fairly generic code to Validate() every field of a >> > struct based on its type, but I can't seem to get the code right. Is >> > this possible? I've set up a playground to show where I've gotten. >> > >> > https://play.golang.org/p/SgaGuLOjA4L >> > >> >> The problem is that the Validate() functions take pointer receivers but >> you MyStruct uses the actual FooTypeA and FooTypeB values. >> >> You can get it to work by either making the Validate functions take a >> copy of the value: >> >> https://play.golang.org/p/qtpZDC6tezg >> >> or by making the members of MyStruct pointers: >> >> https://play.golang.org/p/cYghM8IipQ3 >> >> Check out the Method Sets section of the Go spec: >> >> https://golang.org/ref/spec#Method_sets >> >> -ayan >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/golang-nuts/dCMERV5LXEY/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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.
