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Re:Show HN: Mmm – manual memory management for Go by jheriko on Monday November 30, 2015 @02:36PM (#10651228)
sizeof( void* ) is free at run-time.

if not then the compiler team should rethink their careers...

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Re:Show HN: Mmm – manual memory management for Go by ctz on Monday November 30, 2015 @03:37PM (#10651565)
I think the parent is saying that pointers need storage too and this can add up, not that sizeof expressions are computationally difficult :)
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