The following code causes a compilation error:
main.go:8:9: p declared and not used
package main
func main() {
pointers := make([]*int, 5)
a := 1 // create an int
for _, p := range pointers {
p = &a
}
}
Writing to p
doesn't count as using it?
P is only scoped to the loop block and essentially gets a copy of a pointers
slice element every time it goes through the loop. This would work though:
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
pointers := make([]*int, 5)
a := 1 // create an int
for i := range pointers {
pointers[i] = &a
}
fmt.Println(pointers)
}