Channel pointer passing

[si guy]

In the various Go documents it is stated that channel values are *always* pointers (effectively).

Simple question, does this include channels that are embedded in nested structs.

eg:

type A struct {

B

}

type B struct {

myCh chan interface{}

}

Can I pass an instance of A as a value, and still retain the myCh pointer? or will it make a new zero-value channel if I do that?

[si guy]

Whoops! I totally forgot to include my original question:

Will said pointer behaviour be true in _all_ cases.

[Russ Cox]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 18:13, si guy <sjw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the various Go documents it is stated that channel values are *always*
> pointers (effectively).
> Simple question, does this include channels that are embedded in nested
> structs.
> eg:
> type A struct {
>
> B
>
> }
> type B struct {
>
> myCh chan interface{}
>
> }
> Can I pass an instance of A as a value, and still retain the myCh pointer?

Yes. Copying just copies all the field values,
as if by repeated assignment statements.
It doesn't do anything special.

Russ

[si guy]

Thanks!