Buffer and Pointers

[hazy cove]

So, I have been studying a bit about buffers.
What I don't understand in the code below is why pointing to my buffer gives me a string, but pointing to a variable of string type gives me a memory address.

func main() {
    var nothin string
    var buf bytes.Buffer
    buf.WriteString("Alhamdulilah!")
    fmt.Println(&buf)
    fmt.Println(&nothin)
}

Buffer and Pointers

[dapper gyro]

*bytes.Buffer satisfies the fmt.Stringer interface by implementing func String() string, and fmt.Println checks whether arguments you pass it implement that interface, and if so, call it to get the string representation

search for “In order of application:”: https://pkg.go.dev/fmt

[hazy cove]

ahh

thanks mate

[hazy cove]

so you are telling me... the type string doesn't implement func String() string?

thats lowkey my last doubt

plus idk how to read the docs yet, im trying to find this 😭