Anyone familiar with C/C++ will be familiar with the current convention of
using an asterisk to indicate a pointer to the value. Yes, there is a
reasonable argument for using an ampersand but either syntax is essentially
arbitrary; thus a coin flip as to which to use. So we might as well use the
C convention which a lot of programmers are familiar with rather than using
the alternative.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 8:33 PM Matheus Fassis Corocher <
matheuscoroc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was studying about pointers and struct in Golang and one thing that I
> don't understand is why using * in return of signature of function instead
> of & if the return of function is an address of variable?
>
> The correct version that works:
>
> func NewVertex(X, Y int) **Vertex* {
> ...
> return &Vertex{X, Y}
> }
>
> The version in my mind should be correct:
>
> func NewVertex(X, Y int) *&Vertex* {
> ...
> return &Vertex{X, Y}
> }
>
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