github-vet / github-vet/rangeloop-pointer-findings

rdnelson/avala: indexes.go; 26 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [rdnelson/avala](https://www.github.com/rdnelson/avala) at [indexes.go](https://github.com/rdnelson/avala/blob/6d57dc8ae03d94d516589db3170954fe88ca72b1/indexes.go#L85-L110)

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 index is reassigned at line 103

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/rdnelson/avala/blob/6d57dc8ae03d94d516589db3170954fe88ca72b1/indexes.go#L85-L110)

Click here to show the 26 line(s) of Go which triggered the analyzer.

```go
for _, index := range site.Indices {
progress("Generating index page for %s", index.Name)

t, err := getTemplate(site, "index.tmpl")

if err != nil {
return err
}

outFile := getIndexPath(out, site.Articles[index.First].createdDate)

out, err := os.Create(outFile)
defer out.Close()

if err != nil {
return err
}

site.CurrentIndex = &index

err = t.Execute(out, site)

if err != nil {
return err
}
}

```

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commit ID: 6d57dc8ae03d94d516589db3170954fe88ca72b1

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