package main import ( "fmt" "unsafe" ) func main() { const elemSize = unsafe.Sizeof(int32(0)) // 4 bytes array := [...]int32{1, 2, 3} pointer := unsafe.Pointer(&array) first := *(*int32)(unsafe.Add(pointer, 0*elemSize)) // => data2[0] second := *(*int32)(unsafe.Add(pointer, 1*elemSize)) // => data2[1] third := *(*int32)(unsafe.Add(pointer, 2*elemSize)) // => data2[2] dangerous1 := *(*int32)(unsafe.Add(pointer, -1)) // => data2[-1] dangerous2 := *(*int32)(unsafe.Add(pointer, 3)) // => data2[3] fmt.Println("correct:", first, second, third) fmt.Println("dangeroues:", dangerous1, dangerous2) }