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The <tt>new()</tt> built-in function takes a type as argument, allocates memory of the given type and returns a pointer to it. | |||
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Revision as of 01:21, 30 March 2016
External
- Specification https://golang.org/ref/spec#Allocation
Internal
Overview
The new() built-in function takes a type as argument, allocates memory of the given type and returns a pointer to it.
var ptr *some_type ptr = new(some_type)