get pointer to element in list

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My problem is that I need a pointer to an element of a list asserted as type T:

e *list.Element

t *T

But if I want to use type assertion, I can only get a copy of e.Value:

if instance, ok := e.Value.(T); ok {
    t = &instance
}

How do I get the reference to e.Value as a pointer to type T?

If a value of type `T` is stored, you can't. Store `*T` values, so you can type assert `*T` from `e`. — icza, Nov 11 '20 at 19:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 12 '20 at 08:09

If e stores a value of type T, you can't.

Store *T values in the elements, so you can type assert *T from e.

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