Go XML Unmarshal example doesn't compile

Question

The Xml example in the go docs is broken. Does anyone know how to make it work? When I compile it, the result is: ``` xmlexample.go:34: cannot use "name" (type string) as type xml.Name in field value xmlexample.go:34: cannot use nil as type string in field value xmlexample.go:34: too few values in struct initializer ``` Here is the relevant code: ``` package main import ( "bytes" "xml" ) type Email struct { Where string "attr"; Addr string; } type Result struct { XMLName xml.Name "result"; Name string; Phone string; Email []Email; } var buf = bytes.NewBufferString ( ` gre@example.com gre@work.com Grace R. Emlin

123 Main Street

`) func main() { var result = Result{ "name", "phone", nil } xml.Unmarshal ( buf , &result ) println ( result.Name ) } ```

Accepted Answer

The `type Result` is defined as:

```
type Result struct {
    XMLName xml.Name "result"
    Name    string
    Phone   string
    Email   []Email
}
```

The `type xml.Name`, embedded in `type Result`, is defined as:

```
// A Name represents an XML name (Local) annotated
// with a name space identifier (Space).
// In tokens returned by Parser.Token, the Space identifier
// is given as a canonical URL, not the short prefix used
// in the document being parsed.
type Name struct {
    Space, Local string
}
```

Therefore, initialize, using composite literals, using something similar to one of:

```
var result = Result{xml.Name{}, "name", "phone", nil}

var result = Result{xml.Name{"space", "local"}, "name", "phone", nil}

var result = Result{Name: "name", Phone: "phone", Email: nil}
```

Go XML Unmarshal example doesn't compile

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