Cannot decode null into a string type with *string

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    • Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Minor - P4
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    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: BSON
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    • Environment:
      go version go1.10.4 darwin/amd64
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      Hi, 

      I get an error when I try and decode a document containing null values to a struct containing a string pointer.

      type Data struct

      {      CityName *string `json:"city_name,omitempty" bson:"city_name"` }

       

      Error: 

      cannot decode null into a string type

       

      Of course I would avoid null, but the data coming out of Mongo is generated by another team in the company, and they have too many documents to change it. 

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              matthew [X]
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