On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, at 09:16, kloste...@gmail.com wrote: > *Could you please let me know the reasons why the zero value of a > pointer is `nil` instead of a pointer to the zero value of what it > points to?* > > Is it because of performance/memory? Simplicity in the runtime?
The zero value is a zeroed chunk of memory with the given type. If the zero value of the pointer were a pointer to something else, that something else would have to be allocated and pointed too and the pointer itself would lose the nice property of being a zeroed chunk of memory (it wouldn't be a zero value). —Sam -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/a34818b1-0e3f-4712-ade4-d5e4f921279b%40www.fastmail.com.
