I suppose you want to allocate a new value, since fd is nil:
fd = reflect.New(reflect.TypeOf(fd).Elem())

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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