Time for an 2014 update…

Task/Variable-size-Get/Go/variable-size-get-2.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "fmt"
+    "reflect"
+    "runtime"
+    "unsafe"
+)
+
+func main() {
+    // unsafe.Sizeof returns the size in bytes.
+    var i int
+    fmt.Println(unsafe.Sizeof(i))
+    // The size returned is that of the top level object and does not
+    // include any referenced data.  A type like string always returns
+    // the same number, the size of the string header.
+    fmt.Println(unsafe.Sizeof("Rosetta"))
+    fmt.Println(unsafe.Sizeof("Code"))
+    // For some untrusted environments, package unsafe is not available
+    // but reflect is.  The Size method of a type will return the same value
+    // as unsafe.Sizeof.
+    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf("Cod").Size())
+    // Some sizes are implementation dependent.
+    fmt.Println(runtime.Version(), runtime.GOARCH)
+}