and returns a value of type <code>*S</code> containing the address
of the variable.
</p>

<h3 id="Handling_panics">Handling panics</h3>

<p> Two built-in functions, <code>panic</code> and <code>recover</code>,
assist in reporting and handling <a href="#Run_time_panics">run-time panics</a>
and program-defined error conditions.
</p>

<pre class="grammar">
func panic(interface{})