pointers.go

// pointer dereference - differences

package main

import "fmt"

type User struct {
	name  string
	email string
}

func (u *User) Print() {
	fmt.Println(u.name, "-", u.email)
}

func main() {
	// with custom type
	user := new(User)                // user is a pointer of type User
	(*user).name = "Sandeep Raju"    // this works cool.
	user.email = "me@sandeepraju.in" // this works as well.
	user.Print()

	fmt.Println(user)
	fmt.Println(*user)
	fmt.Println(&user)

	// with builtin types
	x := new(int)
	*x = 100
	fmt.Println(x)
	fmt.Println(&x)
	fmt.Println(*x)
}