On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Sina Siadat <sia...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One thing I still don't understand is the cases when go:linkname is needed. > Why not just import that package, if the function is exported. Is it only > used for accessing unexported functions?
Yes. It's primarily a hack that lets certain functions live in the runtime package, and access runtime internals, but still pretend that they are unexported functions of some different package. Look for the uses of go:linkname in the runtime package itself. 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
