sagap/Peerster: hw3/part2/gossiper2_backend/gossiper2.go; 22 LoC

Found a possible issue in [sagap/Peerster](https://www.github.com/sagap/Peerster) at [hw3/part2/gossiper2_backend/gossiper2.go](https://github.com/sagap/Peerster/blob/8b4ac1aec5674313c070f74dd8ae3f38c456b94e/hw3/part2/gossiper2_backend/gossiper2.go#L370-L391)

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 msg was used in a composite literal at line 387

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/sagap/Peerster/blob/8b4ac1aec5674313c070f74dd8ae3f38c456b94e/hw3/part2/gossiper2_backend/gossiper2.go#L370-L391)

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```go
for msg := range gossiper.msgChnPriv {
if strings.Compare(msg.Text, "") == 0 || strings.Compare(msg.Dest, "") == 0 { // in case someone does not include Dest or Test
return
}
if strings.Compare(msg.Origin, "") == 0 {
msg.Origin = gossiper.origin
}
if strings.Compare(msg.Dest, gossiper.origin) == 0 {
fmt.Print("PRIVATE: ", msg.Origin, ":", msg.HopLimit, ":", msg.Text, "\n")
gossiper.mupriv.Lock()
gossiper.privateList[time.Now()] = msg
gossiper.mupriv.Unlock()
} else {
msg.HopLimit--
if msg.HopLimit == 0 {
return
} else {
messageToSend := messaging.GossipPacket{nil, nil, &msg, nil, nil,nil,nil,nil}
go gossiper.sendPrivateMessages(messageToSend, msg.Dest)
}
}
}

```

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commit ID: 8b4ac1aec5674313c070f74dd8ae3f38c456b94e

Read hw3/part2/gossiper2_backend/gossiper2.go around lines 370-391 and inspect the analyzer warning about the reference to msg. Trace the private-message forwarding path through sendPrivateMessages, then verify that the warning is resolved without changing the intended message behavior.

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