The reflect.Type.Elem method is somewhat slow,
which is unfortunate since the reflect.TypeOf((*T)(nil)).Elem()
trick is only needed if T is an interface.
Optimize for concrete types by doing the faster reflect.TypeOf(v)
call first and only falling back on the Elem method if needed.
Performance:
name old time/op new time/op delta
TypeForString-24 9.10ns ± 1% 1.78ns ± 2% -80.49% (p=0.000 n=10+10)
TypeForError-24 9.55ns ± 1% 9.78ns ± 1% +2.39% (p=0.000 n=10+9)
Updates #60088
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