Re: [go-nuts] access runtime implemented functions

2017-10-15 Thread traetox
Jesper, First off, thank you for the detailed answer, I very much appreciate you taking the time to provide the background information. I had not internalized how closely tied to the runtime the standard library is. For this instance, I require extremely performant access to the underlying Se

Re: [go-nuts] access runtime implemented functions

2017-10-15 Thread Jesper Louis Andersen
The short answer: you can't, and it is a feature. The runtime "injects" certain functions into certain packages in order to build a bridge between the (internal) runtime and the "package world" accessible to programmers. Thus, they are only accessible in that package specific package (time). The