The code speaks for itself, I thought I was understanding reflection up
until this point... It seems that the zero value of maps is nil, until you
round-trip them to a reflect.Value, and they become non-nil. The code below
behaves similarly for slices.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
)
func main() {
var m map[string]interface{}
if m != nil {
panic("m != nil")
}
v := reflect.ValueOf(m) // I would expect this to panic.
if !v.IsNil() {
panic("v is not nil")
}
i := v.Interface()
if i == nil {
// I expect this.
fmt.Println("OK")
} else {
// This is what happens.
fmt.Printf("nil != %# v\n", i)
}
// output:
// nil != map[string]interface {}(nil)
}
The above code does not panic, nor return OK. I would love to understand
the mechanics of what's going on here if anyone can explain?
Run in playground: https://play.golang.org/p/9XDxmotSVt
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