Re: [go-nuts] gob-encoding pointer to zero

2016-08-05 Thread Rob Pike
Working as intended. The model is that if it's a zero, there's nothing to send. -rob On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 8:08 AM, Alex Flint wrote: > Is it intended that gob-encoding a pointer to an integer with value equal > to zero decodes as a nil pointer? I was expecting to get back a non-nil > pointer

[go-nuts] gob-encoding pointer to zero

2016-08-05 Thread Alex Flint
Is it intended that gob-encoding a pointer to an integer with value equal to zero decodes as a nil pointer? I was expecting to get back a non-nil pointer to an integer with value zero. https://play.golang.org/p/UUN0UFEeIN I understand that gob omits zero values but my understanding was that a non