The following code will panic when printing a nil value of an error type field in a struct. Why?
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
type ta struct {
int
}
type tb struct {
int
*ta
}
type tc struct {
int
error
}
type td struct {
int
error interface{}
}
func main() {
fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%v", ta{1}))
fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%v", tb{1, nil}))
fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%v", tc{1, nil}))
fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("%v", td{1, nil}))
}
▸ go run main.go
{1}
{1 <nil>}
%!v(PANIC=runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference)
{1 <nil>}
https://play.golang.org/p/SrzUsJ3pyRC
Follow up question: if I have such a value tc{1, nil}
, how to print it without causing panic?