Yes, I wrote minimum when I meant to write maximum! Sorry for the confusion.
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019, at 3:37 PM, t hepudds wrote: > As far as I understand, it is not a minimum version of the language. > > Also, a key point that is easy to miss is that the language version is > distinct from tooling version, and newer tooling versions will know how > to compile older language versions. At least, that is my understanding, > though I am also aware there is some confusion on the topic, so I don’t > fully trust my understanding. > > Some related text from the document Ian cited: > > ——————— > The Go compiler released with Go version 1.20 must be able to build > packages using Go language 1.19. This can be done by adding an option > to cmd/compile [...]. When cmd/compile sees the option, perhaps > -lang=go1.19, it will compile the code using the Go 1.19 syntax. > > Importantly, specifying the maximum version of the Go language should > not be taken to imply the maximum version of the Go tools. > > [...] > > When cmd/compile sees the option, perhaps -lang=go1.19, it will compile > the code using the Go 1.19 syntax. > This requires cmd/compile to support all previous versions, one way or > another. > > [...] > > Naturally, even though the package is built with the language version > 1.19 syntax, it must in other respects be a 1.20 package: it must link > with 1.20 code, be able to call and be called by 1.20 code, and so > forth. > > The go tool will need to know the maximum language version so that it > knows how to invoke cmd/compile. Assuming we continue with the modules > experiment, the logical place for this information is the go.mod file. > The go.mod file for a module M can specify the maximum language version > for the packages that it defines > —————— > > Regards, > thepudds > > -- > 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/810a1cb4-c3fb-4b2f-bc86-02793902d422%40googlegroups.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/4e18d45a-4382-4ab3-8d9a-e57aa402ecfb%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
