(to short circuit any question, I have already read https://golang.org/pkg/unsafe/ )
If I create an unsafe.Pointer that points to an invalid memory address, but I never deference it or otherwise pass it along, what happens to it? Is it a valid go program to just create such a pointer? The main reason I ask is that I know the GC treats unsafe.Pointer values differently than uintptr. If the GC were to chase this invalid pointer, it would likely get a segfault. This means that either the GC knows not to chase such a pointer, or it would chase it and gracefully recover. Additionally, if the unsafe.Pointer is pointing to a incorrectly aligned address, the GC could potentially misunderstand and try to walk it. I'm sure this has been thought of before, but it isn't called out in the docs. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
