[go-nuts] How to fix an awful marshal reflection hack

['Mark' via golang-nuts]

I have this code which works but has a horrible hack:
...
nullable := false
kind := field.Kind() // field's type is reflect.Value
if kind == reflect.Ptr {
    // FIXME How can I improve upon this truly awful hack?
    switch field.Type().String() {
    case "*int", "*int8", "*uint8", "*int16", "*uint16", "*int32", 
"*uint32", "*int64", "*uint64":
        kind = reflect.Int
    case "*float32", "*float64":
        kind = reflect.Float64
    }
    nullable = true
}
switch kind {
case reflect.Bool:
    out.WriteString("bool")
case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, 
reflect.Int64, reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, 
reflect.Uint64:
    out.WriteString("int")
case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
    out.WriteString("real")
...
if nullable {
    out.WriteByte('?')
}
What is the correct way to achieve what I'm aiming for?

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