@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (

 	"fmt"

 	"io"

 	"os"

-	"reflect"

 	"strconv"

 	"strings"

 )

@@ -39,27 +38,24 @@ func parseLine(line string, v ...interface{}) {

 			break

 		}

-		t := reflect.TypeOf(v[i])

-		if t.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {

-			// panic, because this is a programming/logic error, not a runtime one

-			panic("parseLine expects only pointers!  argument " + strconv.Itoa(i) + " is not a pointer!")

-		}

-

-		switch t.Elem().Kind() {

-		case reflect.String:

+		switch e := v[i].(type) {

+		case *string:

 			// "root", "adm", "/bin/bash"

-			*v[i].(*string) = p

-		case reflect.Int:

+			*e = p

+		case *int:

 			// "0", "4", "1000"

-			*v[i].(*int), _ = strconv.Atoi(p)

 			// ignore string to int conversion errors, for great "tolerance" of naughty configuration files

-		case reflect.Slice, reflect.Array:

+			*e, _ = strconv.Atoi(p)

+		case *[]string:

 			// "", "root", "root,adm,daemon"

-			list := []string{}

 			if p != "" {

-				list = strings.Split(p, ",")

+				*e = strings.Split(p, ",")

+			} else {

+				*e = []string{}

 			}

-			*v[i].(*[]string) = list

+		default:

+			// panic, because this is a programming/logic error, not a runtime one

+			panic("parseLine expects only pointers!  argument " + strconv.Itoa(i) + " is not a pointer!")

 		}

 	}

 }