> I mean, you're basically passing a pointer to another thread to processData()

And yet, "bytes.Buffer.ReadBytes(delim)" returns a copy of the underlying data which would be safe in this context.

The type system does not make it obvious when this is safe or not, and passing pointers you own across channels is fine and common.

> That code would never pass a human pull request review

Yes, that was a simplified example that a human or AI could spot.

When you actually see this in the wild, it's not a minimal example, it's a small bug in hundreds of lines of code.

I've seen this often enough that it obviously does actually happen, and does pass human code review.