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scottjab/multiboard: multiboard.go; 8 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [scottjab/multiboard](https://www.github.com/scottjab/multiboard) at [multiboard.go](https://github.com/scottjab/multiboard/blob/37b7f7d3e453b60c20200ce7189beb6c3c44f2f1/multiboard.go#L147-L154)

Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first
issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.

> reference to pixel is reassigned at line 152

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/scottjab/multiboard/blob/37b7f7d3e453b60c20200ce7189beb6c3c44f2f1/multiboard.go#L147-L154)

Click here to show the 8 line(s) of Go which triggered the analyzer.

```go
for _, pixel := range nodeState.pixels {
if nodeState.lastPixel == nil {
mb.paint(mb.canvasImage, pixel)
}
mb.paint(mb.canvasImage, pixel)
nodeState.lastPixel = &pixel
lp = nodeState.lastPixel
}

```

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commit ID: 37b7f7d3e453b60c20200ce7189beb6c3c44f2f1

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