Problem using append

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hi

last night i tried to develop something when a weird thing happened

I found where the problem came from and isolated it:

package main 

import "fmt"

func main(){
    paths := [][]int{[]int{0}}
    path :=[]int{0}
    fmt.Println("paths :",paths,", path :",path)
    
    for k:=0;k<5;k++{
        tmp:= append(path,0)
        
        fmt.Println(paths,"+",tmp,"//",path)
        paths = append(paths,tmp)
        fmt.Println("->",paths,"//",path)
        tmp2 := append(path,1)
        fmt.Println(paths,"+",tmp2,"//",path)
        paths = append(paths,tmp2)
        fmt.Println("->",paths,"//",path)
        
        fmt.Println("\n")
        paths = paths[1:]
        path = paths[0]
    }
}

output were :

paths : [[0]] , path : [0]
[[0]] + [0 0] // [0]
-> [[0] [0 0]] // [0]
[[0] [0 0]] + [0 1] // [0]
-> [[0] [0 0] [0 1]] // [0]

[[0 0] [0 1]] + [0 0 0] // [0 0]
-> [[0 0] [0 1] [0 0 0]] // [0 0]
[[0 0] [0 1] [0 0 0]] + [0 0 1] // [0 0]
-> [[0 0] [0 1] [0 0 0] [0 0 1]] // [0 0]

[[0 1] [0 0 0] [0 0 1]] + [0 1 0] // [0 1]
-> [[0 1] [0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0]] // [0 1]
[[0 1] [0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0]] + [0 1 1] // [0 1]
-> [[0 1] [0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1]] // [0 1]

[[0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1]] + [0 0 0 0] // [0 0 0]
-> [[0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 0]] // [0 0 0]
[[0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 1]] + [0 0 0 1] // [0 0 0]
-> [[0 0 0] [0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 1]] // [0 0 0]

[[0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 1]] + [0 0 1 0] // [0 0 1]
-> [[0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 1 0]] // [0 0 1]
[[0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 1 1]] + [0 0 1 1] // [0 0 1]
-> [[0 0 1] [0 1 0] [0 1 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 0 1] [0 0 1 1] [0 0 1 1]] // [0 0 1]

all went fine till the fourth iteration of the loop :
the last “append” update the value appended just before

so, I have 2 questions (maybe with only one answer/explanation):

  • What causes this weird thing ?
  • Why does it do not always happen ?

hope I’ll find some answers :stuck_out_tongue:

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I think what you are missing is that append does not always return a new slice. From the spec:

append(s S, x ...T) S // T is the element type of S

If the capacity of s is not large enough to fit the additional values, append allocates a new, sufficiently large underlying array that fits both the existing slice elements and the additional values. Otherwise, append re-uses the underlying array.

I think Go Playground - The Go Programming Language does what you intend.

3

is this why it happens only at the fourth iteration (related to the capping of my slice)? will it happens again at another iteration ?
is your solution 100% sure whatever the number of iteration ?

haha so many questions :stuck_out_tongue:

4

That is my theory. Play around with it and find out :smile_cat:

I think my solution will work for any number of iterations, but I have not tested beyond the number of iterations shown.

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