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> First, there is no way to get a reference to a field inside a struct in Go

what?

https://play.golang.org/p/1OJ5U5ZwFJ

> if you could get such a reference the compiler would be forced to reference count the member via the GC to satisfy the Go memory model

no reference counting in go.

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I'm not that familiar with Go, but my guess is that "reference count" here refers to the action that the garbage collector does when it pauses the world (i.e. "count as a reference") rather than the actual paradigm "reference counting".

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