From: Cuong Manh Le <cuong.manhle.vn@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 03:24:31 +0000 (+0700)
Subject: reflect: correct documentation of Value.UnsafeAddr
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reflect: correct documentation of Value.UnsafeAddr

The doc mentions that "UnsafeAddr returns a _pointer_ to v's data", but
it returns a uintptr instead, which don't have pointer semantic.

Change-Id: I557d5597cbc485356ca803eb496a99d6db8c63ba
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/350690
Trust: Cuong Manh Le <cuong.manhle.vn@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/src/reflect/value.go b/src/reflect/value.go
index 449f3bbb3c..6bc02c1c8c 100644
--- a/src/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/reflect/value.go
@@ -2473,7 +2473,7 @@ func (v Value) Uint() uint64 {
 // which ensures cmd/compile can recognize unsafe.Pointer(v.UnsafeAddr())
 // and make an exception.
 
-// UnsafeAddr returns a pointer to v's data.
+// UnsafeAddr returns a pointer to v's data, as a uintptr.
 // It is for advanced clients that also import the "unsafe" package.
 // It panics if v is not addressable.
 func (v Value) UnsafeAddr() uintptr {