Pointer to non-composite literal

Question

Is there an established pattern for getting pointers to non-composite literals?

x := 5
y := &x

The above code works, but is awfully verbose.

Answer 1

If I understand correctly that the only point of x is to allocate the int, I recommend something even more "verbose":

y := new(int)
*y = 5

I don't see getting it any shorter than what you have. Since the & operator requires its operand to be either addressable or a composite literal, you're either stuck doing what you're doing to get something addressable, or you can do what I suggest and avoid the & altogether.