Gob does not encode pointers as different from values. The stream is a stream of values. How many indirections it takes the values to come to the stream is not recorded. A consequence of that, combined with not sending zero values, is that empty strings and nil pointers to strings are encoded the same. In fact they are not encoded at all.
-rob On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 7:22 AM 'Robert Whitcher' via golang-nuts <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > https://go.dev/play/p/bZtT0XdqmRg.go?download=true > > Seems like it is impossible to differentiate between not set and set to empty > string which seem like different cases to me. > > -- > 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/fde8754f-f381-4d90-ab04-248f45e69f8dn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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/CAOXNBZQqC6sRTKf99%2Bh_S7aBMt7dqen7OexTCf%3DJ%3DcCsJzFUEg%40mail.gmail.com.
