Oh! Thank you Kurtis. So do you have a special Editor to inform you about the functions? My current editor cannot even tell what type of variable a go function would return, let alone parameter hints, etc.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM Kurtis Rader <kra...@skepticism.us> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM Zhaoxun Yan <yan.zhao...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> it turned out to be an error misjudgement. The real line that caused >> trouble is this: >> s = er.Error()+string(out) >> The error is gone after I changed it to this line : >> s = fmt.Sprintf("%v %s", er, out) >> > > The stdlib os.exec.Command() > <https://pkg.go.dev/os/exec@go1.24.4#Command>function > only returns a single value. Which should result in a compiler error since > your program expects two values. I'm going to guess that you are calling a > different function with that name which can return two values and the "er" > return value can be nil. Which would result in the "er.Error()" call to > dereference a nil value. So I think you have incorrectly diagnosed the > cause of the problem. The first statement does not correctly handle "er" > being nil. The "fmt.Sprintf()" correctly handles "er" being the nil value. > > >> On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM Zhaoxun Yan <yan.zhao...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> -------------------- >>> panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference >>> [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x18 pc=0x6646f2] >>> >>> goroutine 1 [running]: >>> util.CommandArgs({0xc000093cb0?, 0x2?, 0xc000071380?}) >>> /home/zxun/src/util/util.go:49 +0xf2 >>> -------------------- >>> This error occurred because package [main] uses a function called >>> "CommandArgs" from my self-built package [util] with args in another >>> package [conf] in the same directory. Package [util] got lost because it >>> does not know where is package [conf] >>> like this >>> [util] /home/zxun/src/util.go >>> [conf] /home/zxun/src/conf.go >>> [main] /home/zxun/src/main.go... >>> /home/zxun/src/go.mod: >>> >>> require( >>> util v0.0.0 >>> ... >>> replace util => ../util >>> >>> The usage line in main.go: >>> fmt.Println( util.CommandArgs([]string{conf.IreportExec, >>> conf.IreportScript, "redis"}) ) >>> >>> util.CommandArgs: >>> >>> func CommandArgs(args []string) string{ >>> if len(args) ==0{ >>> return "args are empty!" >>> } >>> var s string >>> if len(args) ==1{ >>> out, er := exec.Command(args[0]).CombinedOutput() >>> s = er.Error()+string(out) >>> }else{ >>> out, er := exec.Command(args[0],args[1:]...).CombinedOutput() >>> s = er.Error()+string(out) >>> fmt.Println(s) >>> } >>> return s >>> } >>> >>> So is my analysis correct? I have not seen s printed yet, because s >>> shall include "<nil>" at the beginning. I am using go1.18. If the cause is >>> util package cannot access a variable in conf, is it possible to walk >>> around by a deepcopy of the string array (which will be in package main)? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >> -- >> 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 visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CADEX6_Wzy%3DPoqdXBNUqQ0tGYmQfacTq6A%2By58a5osDkKB-Z1yA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CADEX6_Wzy%3DPoqdXBNUqQ0tGYmQfacTq6A%2By58a5osDkKB-Z1yA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Kurtis Rader > Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CADEX6_XVtjtFSCtBR_8-nSQcZO65OidrA6J-KUd43wpipr%2BvyQ%40mail.gmail.com.