when is a local var destroyed

tags: learning go programming

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func myFunc() *int {
	x := 1
	return &x
}
b := myFunc()

in this code, my initial understanding is that: x is a local variable in the stack frame, when the function returns, x is destroyed and b points to invalid/garbage memory
this is true in C
but in go, when &x is returned, it’s moved from stack to heap, so that the local variable outlives the function

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