Exactly! Thanks! Now, how to put it inside the pointer? I mean, how to get
it's address and put that address inside the pointer variable?
On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 10:47:23 PM UTC+4:30, Roberto Zanotto wrote:
>
> I should learn to read the questions more carefully before answering -_-
> In the code you commented out, fd.Type() is a pointer type, so the zero
> value of a pointer type is a nil pointer.
> If you do fd.Type().Elem() it gives you the "dereferenced" type of the
> value.
> So, maybe you want:
> v = reflect.Zero(fd.Type().Elem()).Interface()
>
> On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 7:28:13 PM UTC+2, dc0d wrote:
>>
>> How can I fill a pointer to point to the zero value of underlying type?
>>
>> Like in:
>>
>> if fd.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
>> if fd.IsNil() {
>> // how to set v (pointer) to point to a zero value of underlying type?
>> // using this:
>> // v = reflect.Zero(fd.Type()).Interface()
>> // still gives a nil value.
>> } else {
>> v = fd.Interface()
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> I want to fill v with the zero value of the underlying direct type.
>>
>
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