Golang concepts from an OOP point of view

Re:Golang concepts from an OOP point of view by patates on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:29AM (#12487088)

Wow, that seems like a big issue. Is this accepted as a bug and being worked on or yet another feature?

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Re:Golang concepts from an OOP point of view by weberc2 on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @11:31AM (#12489133)

It's not a bug. Interfaces are reference types. In this case, the interface is implemented by a pointer type. The interface can be thought of as a pointer to a nil pointer, but the "interface pointer" itself is not nil.

This is a tricky concept until you learn that interfaces are reference types.

Here's a simplified version of the previous example that illustrates this concept: https://play.golang.org/p/pODBgaHXq5

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