Address of a temporary in Go?

Question

What\'s the cleanest way to handle a case such as this:

func a() string {
    /* doesn\'t matter */
}

b *string = &a()

This generates the

Answer 1

a() doesn't point to a variable as it is on the stack. You can't point to the stack (why would you ?).

You can do that if you want

va := a()
b := &va

But what your really want to achieve is somewhat unclear.