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JohnGrime/ZeroconfScan: DNS.go; 3 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [JohnGrime/ZeroconfScan](https://www.github.com/JohnGrime/ZeroconfScan) at [DNS.go](https://github.com/JohnGrime/ZeroconfScan/blob/fb8eabbc24cef4ca6a660b38d16fe32b8ff8e1d9/DNS.go#L420-L422)

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.

> function call at line 421 may store a reference to rr

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/JohnGrime/ZeroconfScan/blob/fb8eabbc24cef4ca6a660b38d16fe32b8ff8e1d9/DNS.go#L420-L422)

Click here to show the 3 line(s) of Go which triggered the analyzer.

```go
for _,rr := range(m.Authority) {
rr_print(indentx2, &rr)
}

```

Click here to show extra information the analyzer produced.

```
The following dot graph describes paths through the callgraph that could lead to a function which writes a pointer argument:
no paths found; call may have ended in third-party code; stay tuned for diagnostics
```

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commit ID: fb8eabbc24cef4ca6a660b38d16fe32b8ff8e1d9

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