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+// Copyright 2018, The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build !purego
+
+package value
+
+import (
+ "reflect"
+ "unsafe"
+)
+
+// Pointer is an opaque typed pointer and is guaranteed to be comparable.
+type Pointer struct {
+ p unsafe.Pointer
+ t reflect.Type
+}
+
+// PointerOf returns a Pointer from v, which must be a
+// reflect.Ptr, reflect.Slice, or reflect.Map.
+func PointerOf(v reflect.Value) Pointer {
+ // The proper representation of a pointer is unsafe.Pointer,
+ // which is necessary if the GC ever uses a moving collector.
+ return Pointer{unsafe.Pointer(v.Pointer()), v.Type()}
+}
+
+// IsNil reports whether the pointer is nil.
+func (p Pointer) IsNil() bool {
+ return p.p == nil
+}
+
+// Uintptr returns the pointer as a uintptr.
+func (p Pointer) Uintptr() uintptr {
+ return uintptr(p.p)
+}