On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:29 AM messi...@gmail.com <messi.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm reading the source code of version 1.15.6, but I found the code base > structure on master branch is very different, some changes are refactors as > you mentioned above(typechecker), and some are for new features(e.g. > generics). Contribution guide says Github issue tracker is the place where > contributors take task from, but most of the issues are about bugs, so how > about the kind of "Features" and "Plans"? Take the typechecker-rewriting task > you mentioned above as example, I searched a lot to try to find the > "kickoff" place and the original discussion but failed. (Most of issues > assigned to Griesemer are specific bug or improvement.) > > Is there any place/information I missed? Or reading the source code is the > only way to fully catch up the whole process?
The contribution guide is aimed more for smaller, focused changes than for large scale changes. The type checker work is being done as part of the generics work. The generics work is not currently being tracked on the issue tracker. It's too big for that to be useful. There is mention of the refactoring work at https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/U7eW9i0cqmo/m/ffs0tyIYBAAJ . Jeremy Faller has recently started posting notes about runtime team discussions at https://golang.org/issue/43930. In general, though, I don't think you've missed anything. We don't have a formal process for tracking large scale changes to the tools. There is generally a proposal for the idea, but once the proposal has been accepted there is no formal tracking of the work. The register ABI proposal is https://golang.org/issue/40724 and the generics proposal is https://golang.org/issue/43651. Those proposals have associated design docs, but those are focused on the changes rather than on the specific tasks required to implement those changes. Hope this helps. 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/CAOyqgcU3374C443V0Gy%2BZUGUchx89t8S%2BTWK501ZxQJ4-awamg%40mail.gmail.com.
