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-rw-r--r--src/pkg/xml/read.go9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/xml/read.go b/src/pkg/xml/read.go
index 554b2a61b..e2b349c3f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/xml/read.go
+++ b/src/pkg/xml/read.go
@@ -220,13 +220,10 @@ func (p *Parser) unmarshal(val reflect.Value, start *StartElement) os.Error {
}
if pv := val; pv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
- if pv.Pointer() == 0 {
- zv := reflect.Zero(pv.Type().Elem())
- pv.Set(zv.Addr())
- val = zv
- } else {
- val = pv.Elem()
+ if pv.IsNil() {
+ pv.Set(reflect.New(pv.Type().Elem()))
}
+ val = pv.Elem()
}
var (