Yes. From the spec <https://golang.org/ref/spec#Address_operators>:
For an operand x of pointer type *T, the pointer indirection *x denotes *the > variable* of type T pointed to by x. Emphasis mine. "The variable", means it really denotes the storage location that `x` points to. Not the value or anything like that. Further, then: For an operand x of type T, the address operation &x generates a pointer of > type *T to x. The operand must be addressable, that is, either a variable, > *pointer > indirection*, or slice indexing operation; or a field selector of an > addressable struct operand; or an array indexing operation of an > addressable array. *As an exception to the addressability requirement, x > may also be a (possibly parenthesized) composite literal*. Emphasis mine, again. This tells you that the behavior of `&` with composite literals to allocate a new variable is an exception - in general, `&` just gives you the address of whatever expression you apply it to. In this case, specifically, a pointer-indirection denoting, as we've seen above, the *variable* that x points to. So, it is completely expected that `&(*p) == p`. On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 5:18 PM Olivier Szika <szika.oliv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am surprised by the behavior of "&(*var)". > > https://play.golang.org/p/CK522lRkddd > > It is expected? > > -- > 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/5f265699-ed67-4798-92d0-88832a7444d1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/5f265699-ed67-4798-92d0-88832a7444d1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAEkBMfGYofdV4cd%3DZXC%2B5itONTKog9KP7ELQHNBGBjoQ8yENYw%40mail.gmail.com.
