text/template: pointers to strings #5802
Description
package main
import (
"os"
"text/template"
)
type T struct {
D *string
}
func main() {
t, err := template.New("x").Parse("{{html .D}}")
if err != nil { panic(err) }
d := "hi\n"
err = t.Execute(os.Stdout, T{&d})
if err != nil { panic(err) }
}
One feels this should print "hi" but instead it prints the hex address of the
string. Ugly.
What should be done? Should functions autoindirect their args? Should template provide
an indirection operator? Tread carefully but fix.