reflect.Value.Pointer
standard libraryThe 1310th most-called standard-library method by production calls. Called 911 times across 213 modules; 477 of those run outside tests and generated code.
2% in production calls vs 2026-W37 (468 → 477)
- prod calls
- 477
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 911
- total callsites
- modules
- 213
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 10%
- of prod calls
- in tests
- 48%
- 434 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 →
- Concrete method100%A method on a value whose type is known exactly.
who calls this
Notable callers
Production calls into Value.Pointer from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.
- Kubernetes 27 6%
- CockroachDB 14 3%
- Grafana 14 3%
- Go (golang.org/x) 8 2%
- Hugo 7 1%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 911, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
- in loop
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docker/docker @v28.5.2+incompatible
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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davecgh/go-spew @v1.1.1
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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gobuffalo/buffalo @v1.1.4
in loop -
gofiber/fiber/v2 @v2.52.15
in loop -
gogf/gf/v2 @v2.10.3
in loop - in loop
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google/gvisor @v0.0.0-20260919054224-26f3455a4cb9
in loop
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call Value.Pointer most in this snapshot.
- github.com/grafana/pyroscope677%
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes435%
- github.com/terrastruct/d2394%
- github.com/google/gvisor222%
- sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime202%
siblings
More from reflect
The other most-called members in this package. See all →