https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-The_go_mod_file documents the go directive as the "expected language version". It seems it would be better described there as the "minimum language version".
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019, at 2:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 6:40 AM Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:51 PM Dan Kortschak <d...@kortschak.io> wrote: > > > > > > The semantics of the directive are not defined, and there are comments > > > like this[1] that would introduce breakage for people who target more > > > than one version of Go. > > > > Yes. A good reason to not do that. We don't do it today, and there > > are no plans to do it. > > > > > > > Which version do we choose to write? Gonum support latest and two > > > previous versions. We have had to write go 1.10 into that line so that > > > the tests against master don't fail, but this is another line that we > > > have to edit we we adjust versions for testing. When it becomes > > > important, I'd be happy to write it down, but the absence of any > > > semantic definition, it's just another line of text that has an > > > expected syntax, but no other apparent value. > > > > Why do you think you would ever have to change the value go1.10? > > That was perhaps a bit terse. Let me add: the clearest description of > the use of the go directive is at > https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/28221-go2-transitions.md > . > > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcWoaZkRFvLAUpyMaAo-L5TfZRmOR%3DfEo-U3cEHQ3qNPtg%40mail.gmail.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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/fbfe11b4-3d65-49fb-ba41-6b28051e3f72%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
