On Friday, 4 September 2020 10:31:11 UTC+1, Yuu LongXue wrote: > > Hi all, > > I’m confused by the "method set" defined in go specification，any > one can help explain? > > The Go Programming Language Specification says that : > ``` > The method set of any other type T consists of all methods > declared with receiver type T. The method set of the corresponding pointer > type *T is the set of all methods declared with receiver *T or T (that is, > it also contains the method set of T). > ``` > but actually, the type T can use the method with receiver *T , > which is described as bellow. > > It's because of the automatic referencing and dereferencing of pointers.
"If x is addressable <https://golang.org/ref/spec#Address_operators> and &x's method set contains m, x.m() is shorthand for (&x).m():" https://golang.org/ref/spec#Calls You are also using it in the opposite direction: inside GetNameB, p.Name is shorthand for (*p).Name. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/b16c5355-6ac9-494f-a968-2e11882d8012o%40googlegroups.com.
