Thanks Ivan. Good to know this. So the answer to my question is just about, like Ian said, confusion for readers?
Am Mi., 23. Jan. 2019 um 12:15 Uhr schrieb Ivan Fraixedes <ifc...@gmail.com >: > Perhaps > > There is a handy exception, though. When the value is addressable, the >> language takes care of the common case of invoking a pointer method on a >> value by inserting the address operator automatically. In our example, the >> variable b is addressable, so we can call its Write method with just >> b.Write. The compiler will rewrite that to (&b).Write for us. > > > clarifies your confusion. > > You can find such paragraph in > https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#pointers_vs_values > > On Wednesday, 23 January 2019 09:52:02 UTC+1, Xinhu Liu wrote: >> >> Why is that a problem? I can indeed call it on value (at line 20). I got >> result: >>> >>> hello >>> hello >>> Program exited. >>> >>> >> I am now more confusing when I come to >> https://golang.org/doc/faq#different_method_sets. >> >> Am Mi., 23. Jan. 2019 um 06:47 Uhr schrieb Andrei Avram < >> andrei.a...@gmail.com>: >> >>> If it's about a method you've defined on a pointer and you want to call >>> it on the value: https://play.golang.org/p/zMVivcaXrf3 >>> >>> -- >>> 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/xOsuXPe1IUo/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- > 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/xOsuXPe1IUo/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.
