On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 08:27:57 -0700 (PDT) adonovan via golang-nuts <golang-nuts@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Yes, the memory representation of the zero value of any type consists > only of zero bytes. A nitpick, but recalling the famous comp.lang.C FAQ, I'd say the assumption that a NULL (than is, "officially invalid") pointer consists of zero bytes is wrong: on certain H/W arches the memory address 0 is valid and such an "officially invalid" pointer's value may well be different from 0. Since the zero value of a pointer, I beleive, is defined to point to no valid object, this rule applies to pointers. I think that ATM Go does not support any such "weird" architecture but still I'd be easier with stating "any type" :-) > However, this is an implementation detail and not a consequence of > the spec. This is surely true, I concur. -- 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.
