Definitely yes. I just sent a message in another thread in this discussion group
BR, Roland Quoting myself: Obviously, even just calling a "methods" of some struct instance that is not initialized succeeds in Go. A panic occurs only when the program tries to derefer nil pointer: 'func (ev *Event) do()' only uses the pointer but does not derefer it. Thus, no panic. Here 'func (ev Event) do2()' derefers nil pointer already before call. Panic in main.main() https://go.dev/play/p/O_C0RpXb46h panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x0 pc=0x47f812] goroutine 1 [running]: main.main() /tmp/sandbox1681946220/prog.go:14 +0x112 Here 'func (ev *Event) getS()' derefers the pointer. Panic happens inside the main.getS() https://go.dev/play/p/lto_JSFC2Qd panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x8 pc=0x47f8d4] goroutine 1 [running]: main.(*Event).getS(0x4b2a40) /tmp/sandbox1571083836/prog.go:35 +0x14 Am Fr., 26. Nov. 2021 um 06:39 Uhr schrieb shinya sakae < sakashin10291...@gmail.com>: > Hi. > I've been using Go for a while now, and I've noticed something. > Do pointer receiver methods need to be checked for nil? > In the standard package, it may or may not be checked. > I'd like to hear your opinions. > > -- > 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/8bada92b-f179-4133-adcf-0cf971671b00n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/8bada92b-f179-4133-adcf-0cf971671b00n%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/CA%2B8p0G02gUnphuyLMnuYk6De7RHao77jxVOq0cOLtMM7WCDDZA%40mail.gmail.com.
