Down the Golang Nil Rabbit Hole

Re:Down the Golang Nil Rabbit Hole by thwarted on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @02:55AM (#26631836)

Yes, it is odd to pass the address of a local variable from the enclosing scope like this to a go routine.

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Re:Down the Golang Nil Rabbit Hole by masklinn on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @03:52AM (#26632139)

Well that's true in the sense that usually you'd just close over it, which is the classic broken case of closing over a mutable binding: https://play.golang.org/p/40FRmvhifBl

I assume GGP's contrived example is to show the underlying mechanics of the issue.

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