Another relevant section is Calls <https://go.dev/ref/spec#Calls> (emphasis
mine):
> A method call x.m() is valid if the method set of (the type of) x contains
> m and the argument list can be assigned to the parameter list of m. *If x
> is addressable and &x's method set contains m, x.m() is shorthand for
> (&x).m()*:
On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 6:39 PM burak serdar <bser...@computer.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 10:33 AM alchemist vk <alchemist...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>> In below code, I am invoking receiver api show() via a simple uInteger
>> type variable instead of pointer, by which it expects to be invoked . Go
>> being strict with type casing and I was expecting a compiler error. But to
>> my surprise, it compiled and executed successfully. Can you folks please
>> explain this behavior.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *package mainimport "fmt"type uInteger intfunc main() { var x uInteger
>> = 10 x.show()*
>>
>
> Above, the variable x is addressable, so the compiler passes &x to show().
>
> To call a pointer receiver method of a variable, that variable has to be
> addressable (it doesn't have to be a pointer), so the compiler knows how to
> pass the address of it. Here's how it is described in the spec:
>
> https://go.dev/ref/spec#Method_values
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *}func (x *uInteger) show() { fmt.Printf("In show, x = %d\n", *x)}*
>>
>> Thanks in Advance,
>> Venkatesh
>>
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