Go, cannot convert type *int32 to type *int64

I’ve tried all the ways I can think of to convert type *int32 to type *int64 in Go, but no avail

https://go.dev/play/p/W2X0HEnn79q

Somebody help please.

>Solution :

You cannot convert an *int32 to *int64. One is a pointer pointing to a 4-byte location, the other is a pointer pointing to an 8-byte location.

You can convert the content of *int32 to int64, and get the address of that:

x:=int32(1) // x is int32
xPtr:=&x    // xPtr is *int32
y:=int64(*xPtr)  // y is int64
yPtr:=&y  // yPtr is *int64