On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 6:30 PM Dan Kortschak <d...@kortschak.io> wrote: > > Having that and exactly what it means in the go help modules output > would probably be the best outcome. > > Currently it's not mentioned in that output for the current release > (1.12.6) and the meaning/implication of "expected [Go] language > version" is not defined in tip's version (f2a4c13).
I sent https://golang.org/cl/18184 to add some text to "go help go.mod". Ian > On Tue, 2019-06-11 at 17:35 -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 4:53 PM Dan Kortschak <d...@kortschak.io> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It would be very nice if the documentation and clarity of > > > communication > > > around this were improved. > > I struggle with what to say beyond "it sets the language version." > > Language features available as of that version will be available for > > use. Language features removed in earlier versions, or added in > > later > > versions, will not be available. For almost all users the default > > value will be correct. At least, I hope that is the case. > > > > 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/CAOyqgcVM3kos_7hQ7B_d2vKWF%2BvFOqQb9s00fxBcxQ6QhefrFQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
