On Fri, 21 Oct 2016 09:49:24 -0700 (PDT)
Nate Finch <nate.fi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the problems with working with serialization of any kind is
> dealing with unset vs the zero value. The usual way to get around
> this is to use a pointer, nil is unset, non-nil is set. But this
> gets annoying when trying to make literal values, because you can't
> take the address of a constant:
>
> type Foo struct {
> Count *int
> }
> f := Foo{ Count: &5 }
>
> // cannot take the address of 5
See also the recent thread (14 Oct) on the same topic:
https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/NR_oWflin-Q/discussion
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