You're awesome! And Go's reflection is much better than what I've expected
- and yes, I like it, I use it!
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 12:57:45 AM UTC+4:30, Roberto Zanotto
wrote:
>
> If you want a pointer instead of the direct value, just use New instead of
> Zero:
> v = reflect.New(fd.Type().Elem()).Interface()
>
> On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 9:30:13 PM UTC+2, dc0d wrote:
>>
>> Exactly! Thanks! Now, how to put it inside the pointer? I mean, how to
>> get it's address and put that address inside the pointer variable?
>>
>> On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 10:47:23 PM UTC+4:30, Roberto Zanotto
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I should learn to read the questions more carefully before answering -_-
>>> In the code you commented out, fd.Type() is a pointer type, so the zero
>>> value of a pointer type is a nil pointer.
>>> If you do fd.Type().Elem() it gives you the "dereferenced" type of the
>>> value.
>>> So, maybe you want:
>>> v = reflect.Zero(fd.Type().Elem()).Interface()
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
--
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.
