Hopefully in 1.9 then. Created issue #18350 <https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18350>. Thanks, Ian.
On Friday, December 16, 2016 at 12:07:33 PM UTC-5, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 8:32 AM, David Norton <dgno...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Any chance this could make it into 1.8? > > No. Sorry. > > Ian > > > 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> > 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. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > 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. > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
