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google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl.Pointer

third-party

The 1136th most-called third-party function by production calls. Called 51,544 times across 140 modules; 568 of those run outside tests and generated code.

0% in production calls vs 2026-W37 (0 → 568)

All of google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl → Docs on pkg.go.dev ↗

prod calls
568
non-test, non-generated
all calls
51,544
total callsites
modules
140
distinct callers
in loop
0%
of prod calls
in tests
<1%
8 calls
resolved
100%
to a known target

resolution mix

How each call resolves

How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →

  • Package function (by syntax)100%A package function in a module outside the crawl, keyed by import path.

where it's called

Callsites in the wild

12 representative callsites of 51,544, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.

Pointer · 12 of 51,544 callsites

  • gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go @v1.36.12-20260825204119-511051f7f437.2

    buf/validate/validate.pb.go:287

  • go/protoyaml @v0.7.0

    internal/gen/proto/buf/protoyaml/test/v1/pb2.pb.go:49

  • cilium/cilium @v1.20.2

    pkg/ztunnel/pb/ca_ztunnel.pb.go:71 ↗

  • go/cloudbuild @v1.33.0

    apiv2/cloudbuildpb/cloudbuild.pb.go:69

  • go/cloudtasks @v1.19.0

    apiv2beta3/cloudtaskspb/cmek_config.pb.go:60

  • go/iam @v1.13.0

    admin/apiv1/adminpb/audit_data.pb.go:53

  • go/logging @v1.19.1

    apiv2/loggingpb/logging.pb.go:125

  • go/monitoring @v1.30.0

    dashboard/apiv1/dashboardpb/single_view_group.pb.go:51

  • go/storage @v1.68.0

    internal/test/conformance/test.pb.go:156

  • connectrpc.com/connect @v1.21.0

    internal/gen/connect/collide/v1/collide.pb.go:47

  • connectrpc.com/grpcreflect @v1.3.0

    internal/gen/go/connect/reflecttest/v1/reflecttest.pb.go:50

  • connectrpc.com/otelconnect @v0.9.0

    internal/gen/observability/ping/v1/ping.pb.go:49

top callers

The modules that reach for it

The modules that call Pointer most in this snapshot.

  • github.com/yandex-cloud/go-genproto14,41028%
  • github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy3,7207%
  • github.com/volcengine/volc-sdk-golang1,7623%
  • github.com/vitessio/vitess1,6043%
  • vitess.io/vitess1,6043%