On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 4:22 PM robert engels <reng...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > What I am referring to is a Go shared runtime library, that my Go executable > would link against at runtime, so that if I compile my Go program against > 1.13.0 it will run against any 1.13.x stdlib Go runtime installed by the > client. > > This way for security patches, only new runtimes need to be shipped, and > executables do not need to be recompiled. It also results in far smaller Go > binaries (especially with greater Go adoption). > > If stdlib runtime changes result in an incompatible API, the minor version > needs to be changed, e.g. 1.13.x becomes 1.14.0 > > Based on this link in the FAQ Why is my trivial program such a large binary? > I do not think something like this exists.
It turns out that it does exist, at least on some systems. go install -buildmode=shared std go build -linkshared x.go 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/CAOyqgcW69uUhZq11Z0pK%2Bg9rB8vodeJKCa4C1nohJZZo4ZNmUA%40mail.gmail.com.
