gistfile1.go

package cli

type awsConfig struct {
	ini  *ini.File
	Path string
}

func (a* awsConfig) Append(entry AWSCliEntry) {
	// Runtime error - a.ini is nil
	a.ini.Section(entry.profileName)
	// Because we have a pointer in our struct (because the ini library only returns pointers to ini.File),
	// We need to add additional book-keeping in any function that accesses that field, or we need some initialisation logic,
	// which means we can't use the zero value form of awsConfig below, and none of this is obvious to the caller.
	// Alternatively, we can dereference the pointer, however this also does not work in this case because ini.File contains a map,
	// so that just causes a runtime error elsewhere.
	// in short i really don't like the ini library lol
}

func a() {
	var cfg awsConfig
	cfg.Append(AWSCliEntry{profileName: "profile"})
}