Auto derefence square brackets

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by Nick.Desaulniers:

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. create a slice
2. create a pointer to the slice
3. append a value to the slice
4. access the pointer using square brackets

What is the expected output?
the appended value

What do you see instead?
invalid operation

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
6g

Which operating system are you using?
Mac OSX

Which version are you using?  (run 'go version')
go version go1.0.3

Please provide any additional information below.
Methods auto dereference pointers, why not square brackets?

[minux]

Comment 1:

you will need to use (*ptrToSlice)[0].
http://play.golang.org/p/QP_p306-gw
i like this design decision, because it discourages using pointer to slices.

Status changed to WorkingAsIntended.

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Comment 2:

In fact that is why we did it. Using a pointer to a slice is more likely a
newbie error than a correct program. Same with pointer to interface or
really pointer to anything other than struct or array.