Dereferencing a map index in Golang

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A map entry cannot be addressed (as its address might change during map growth/shrink), so you cannot call pointer receiver methods on them.

Detail here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/golang-nuts/4_pabWnsMp0

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