no returned name or package path from reflect.Type?

[Dan Kortschak]

Are reflect.Type.PkgPath/Name supposed to return strings for defined
types? There's nothing in the documentation that says they don't.

But https://play.golang.org/p/8Jede-mimtA and
https://play.golang.org/p/LT5m6yz0P5Y don't show any output where I
would expect them to.

Dan

[Ian Lance Taylor]

You have to be careful when using reflect with interface types. And a
pointer to a defined type doesn't have a name. Consider

https://play.golang.org/p/oXF6Ems5q_q

https://play.golang.org/p/dKHBkYyfVF6

Ian

[Dan Kortschak]

Solved. Because they are not named types (being the pointer to the
type).

[Dan Kortschak]

Thanks. That continues to trip me up.