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What does this program output, and why? Reason it out gophers! Answers in a spoiler block - https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/166#issuecomment-236342209
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package main | |
import "fmt" | |
func main() { | |
type person struct { | |
nickname string | |
} | |
ppl := []person{ | |
{ | |
nickname: "the knife", | |
}, | |
{ | |
nickname: "super hans", | |
}, | |
} | |
nicknames := make([]*string, 0) | |
for _, p := range ppl { | |
nicknames = append(nicknames, &p.nickname) | |
} | |
fmt.Println(*nicknames[0], *nicknames[1]) | |
} |
I had to run it; and I was initially wrong, but, I've assume for _, p := range ppl
creates a copy of ppl at a new pointer...?
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Is the link to the answer a typo Tim?