The unsafe package is pretty much virtual. The compiler is aware of it and
implements the operations defined by the spec
<https://golang.org/ref/spec#Package_unsafe> to be in it.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 6:54 AM, <lael.cell...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to redeclare the Pointer type
> I found unsafe/unsafe.go inside compiler source where the Pointer type is
> declared like this :
> type ArbitraryType int
> type Pointer *ArbitraryType.
> but obviously, this isn’t the declaration which used with Pointer() inside
> normal programs :
> package main
>
> type ArbitraryType int
> type Pointer *ArbitraryType
>
> func main() {
> f := *(*func() int)(Pointer(uintptr(0)))
> f()
> }
>
> main.go:7: cannot convert Pointer(uintptr(0)) (type Pointer) to type *func() 
> int
>
>
> So where is the Pointer type declared ?
>
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