That package doesn't introspect on running code, so a goroutine name is not necessary. go-callvis could label the anonymous functions by their filepath:line number or something else.
On Sun, 2018-11-25 at 15:12 -0800, Russtopia wrote: > I recently tried out a go tool for outputting code structure > visualization > using graphviz -- https://github.com/TrueFurby/go-callvis > > I found that goroutines are just labelled <enclosing function>$1 or > similar > by go-callvis. I could of course be wrong, but my thinking is that > this is > not really a shortcoming of graphviz, but rather a lack of support > for > naming goroutines within the language itself as goroutines are also > 'unnamed' in this sense within stack traces. It would aid in > understanding > the purpose of goroutines within a structure diagram if goroutines > could be > named somehow. > > I was hoping there was a way within Go to give goroutines meaningful > names > in such a way that graphviz-like tools could pick up on it and make > meaningful annotations. > > The runtime would, I suppose, also have to suffix a goroutine ID to a > goroutine's name, since calling a function that contained goroutines > repeatedly would result in multiple instances of each goroutine. > > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 22:36, <alex.besogo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Debugging. For example, if I have a deadlocked request I might want > > to > > attach with a debugger and find where exactly it's stuck. > > > > Right now this is complicated, you have to examine stacks of all > > goroutines to find the correct one. > > > > On Friday, November 23, 2018 at 9:24:42 PM UTC-8, Andrei Avram > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > What's the need for this? > > -- > > 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. > > -- 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.
