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differences in copying pointers to a struct and modifying contents within it
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// https://play.golang.org/p/juDjWm9VC44 | |
package main | |
import "fmt" | |
type T struct { | |
Id int | |
Name string | |
Flurb []string | |
} | |
func Copy(a *T, b *T) error { | |
b.Id = 5 | |
b.Name = "gert" | |
a = b | |
return nil | |
} | |
func CopyThatActuallyCopies(a *T, b *T) error { | |
b.Id = 5 | |
b.Name = "gert" | |
*a = *b | |
return nil | |
} | |
func main() { | |
var a = &T{1, "one", []string{"dl"}} | |
var b = &T{2, "two", []string{"bb"}} | |
fmt.Println(a, b) | |
Copy(a, b) | |
fmt.Println(a, b) | |
CopyThatActuallyCopies(a, b) | |
fmt.Println(a, b) | |
//pointers within the struct will get copied as pointers so they are all pointing to the same instance | |
b.Flurb[0] = "asdf" | |
fmt.Println(a, b) | |
//modifying the slice itself makes it a new object so it is no longer pointing to the same instance as the one that was copied | |
b.Flurb = append(b.Flurb, "blabla") | |
fmt.Println(a, b) | |
b.Flurb[0] = "0000" | |
fmt.Println(a, b) | |
} |
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