The result of a nil pointer type not equal nil is true, is that right?

[wenj91]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version 
go version go1.14.14 windows/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

$ go env
set GO111MODULE=on
set GOARCH=amd64
set GOBIN=
set GOCACHE=C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\go-build
set GOENV=C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Roaming\go\env
set GOEXE=.exe
set GOFLAGS=
set GOHOSTARCH=amd64
set GOHOSTOS=windows
set GOINSECURE=
set GONOPROXY=
set GONOSUMDB=
set GOOS=windows
set GOPATH=C:\Users\HELLO\go
set GOPRIVATE=
set GOPROXY=https://goproxy.io,direct
set GOROOT=D:\Go
set GOSUMDB=sum.golang.org
set GOTMPDIR=
set GOTOOLDIR=D:\Go\pkg\tool\windows_amd64
set GCCGO=gccgo
set AR=ar
set CC=gcc
set CXX=g++
set CGO_ENABLED=1
set GOMOD=D:\github\go-test\go.mod
set CGO_CFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_CPPFLAGS=
set CGO_CXXFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_FFLAGS=-g -O2
set CGO_LDFLAGS=-g -O2
set PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
set GOGCCFLAGS=-m64 -mthreads -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=C:\Users\HELLO\AppData\Local\Temp\go-build268936686=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches

What did you do?

func test(i interface{}) {
println(nil != i)
}

func main() {
var i *int64 = nil
test(i)
}

What did you expect to see?

the result is: false

What did you see instead?

the result is: true

[davecheney]

Thank you for raising this issue, please see this FAQ entry. https://golang.org/doc/faq#nil_error

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