GOPATH mode does *not *limit your Go code to a single directory. I've seen this misunderstanding stated in probably hundreds of various posts.
$GOPATH allows specification of multiple directories. I've used that capability for several years to distribute my Go code to my personal general library and to various application-specific libraries. Each of the multiple GOPATH directories refers to a Go "workspace", so the result is my general library workspace plus mini-workspaces in various application directories -- each with src, pkg, and bin subdirectories. A single go install installs all workspaces specified in your GOPATH at once, or you can selectively build by temporarily changing the GOPATH. This is a pretty good setup for me, a decades-experienced software engineer working in "programmer" mode for my personal development. Go's goal of ending GOPATH mode sounds like a choice to serve the professional software engineer, and not the personal programmer. Module mode is a good thing if you are publishing your code, but is a lot of additional labor and cognitive load for us "programmers". I wonder if this might discourage adoption of Go by certain categories such as college and high school students, non-software-engineer professionals who write internal programs for their business, and curious folks who want to introduce themselves to Go. It is soooo much easier to set up my environment with GOPATH mode. In attempting conversion to MODULE mode, I've spent lots of frustrating hours and it's still not working perfectly! So, I am +1 for retention of GOPATH mode (as well as MODULE mode), allowing Go users to make the choice of MODULE vs. GOPATH based on their needs. -- 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/CAKyHfRPYgop6YPgk3AcJ4Q43NgV%3D9KP%3DzgYja8Z6FJuc0UuPig%40mail.gmail.com.
