Hi Max,
this makes the config even simpler since i do not need to be sure that the
field is nil.
I will try this out for sure.
On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 1:56:14 PM UTC+3, Max wrote:
>
> There is another improvement you can do: you are currently using
>
> cfg := Config{Name: &nameField}
> r := reflect.ValueOf(cfg)
>
> which means that 'r' will contain a copy of 'cfg' and will not be settable.
> If instead you use:
>
> r := reflect.ValueOf(&cfg).Elem()
>
> then r will contain a *pointer* to the original 'cfg' and can modify it
> (the reflect.Value 'r' is settable).
> In turn, this also allows to declare 'Config' as follows:
> ```
> type Config struct {
> Name String
> }
> ```
> i.e. removes the need to use a *pointer* to String.
> You also need some minor adjustments to the rest of the code...
>
> A complete example is:
>
> https://play.golang.org/p/AxPE0K_ivxP
>
> On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 11:56:42 AM UTC+2, Sotirios Mantziaris wrote:
>>
>> Ok, found it. I should have used the reflect.ValueOf...
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 12:53:13 PM UTC+3, Sotirios Mantziaris
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I did found out that the setter method has to accept a pointer to string.
>>> I have a complete example now which unfortunately don't work correclty.
>>> The value should change but it is emptied out.
>>>
>>> https://play.golang.org/p/OPZKltApEhF
>>>
>>> What am i missing?
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 10:46:32 AM UTC+3, Jan Mercl wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:42 AM Sotirios Mantziaris
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I am getting the nested "Name" struct but there are no methods to
>>>> call.
>>>> > What am i doing wrong (besides using reflection :))?
>>>>
>>>> The method has a pointer receiver:
>>>> https://play.golang.org/p/qjhqSvhE9PL
>>>>
>>>
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