Any chance this could make it into 1.8? On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 11:24:26 AM UTC-5, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 8:15 AM, David Norton <dgno...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Or, maybe tell the go tool which package to consider "main" instead of > > listing all packages. Would that work? > > I didn't mean to imply that it is necessary to list every package in > the plugin. The plugin would contain those packages plus all packages > that they import. Given that, I think your suggestion is equivalent > to building a plugin by listing a single package. > > Ian > > > On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 11:12:09 AM UTC-5, Ian Lance Taylor > wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 8:09 AM, David Norton <dgno...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > We're experimenting with the new plugin package (in go 1.8 beta) in > >> > telegraf. It would be convenient if plugin code could be in any > package > >> > and > >> > not required to be in "package main". Is that possible? For example, > if > >> > we > >> > wanted a package to allow both the typical static linking and > building > >> > as a > >> > plugin (shared library). Currently, this requires having code for the > >> > same > >> > plugin split between different directories, one for the plugin's > package > >> > and > >> > one for package main. > >> > >> One could imagine a mode in which the go tool is given a list of > >> packages to put into the plugin and auto-generates a main package that > >> imports those packages. > >> > >> Ian > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "golang-nuts" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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