The #golang proposal to introduce generic functions and types (via parametric polymorphism) has been evolving nicely. This 🧵 summarizes what the latest is: - [] sqr brackets to be used for type param - type param must have a constraint - constraint `any`…

🌟 Go 1.15.2 and 1.14.9 are released! 🔈 Announcement: https://t.co/MT0rb5M46n 📦 Download: https://t.co/LVAT41QPZz #golang

I propose that we switch the Go internal ABI (used between Go functions) from stack-based to register-based argument and result passing for Go 1.16 1.17. I lay out the details of our proposal and t...

#19361 introduced devirtualization when the concrete type is known statically. This would be extremely useful to compensate for the unfortunate design of the hash.Hash functions, which make it impo...

There is no reason for not having a check for it. ;) I wrote a #golang ruleguard pattern for it, check it out: mu.Lock() defer mu.Lock() // <- bad one (same applies to RLock) https://t.co/qMUF1tPUYT CC: @mvdan_ @pleitzler

Seeing discussion of io/ioutil deprecation in various places. To be clear: in Go, “deprecated” means only “there is a better, preferred way.” It does not mean “will break in the future.” Today’s programs using ioutil.ReadFile and friends will keep working…

🥳 Go 1.16 Release Candidate 1 is released! 📈 Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! https://t.co/rE2eWdtehW 🗣 Announcement: https://t.co/KhM3boDDg0 📦 Download: https://t.co/pBTcUrfO1R #golang

Google's Go compiler and runtime team meets periodically (roughly weekly) to discuss ongoing development of the compiler and runtime. While not open to the public, there's been desire by th...

Better IP addr in #golang by twitter.com/tailscale (and twitter.com/bradfitz)

The article isn’t about performance only, but the criteria for a new type are well described https://tailscale.com/blog/netaddr-new-ip-type-for-go/

🎆 Go 1.16.4 and 1.15.12 are released! 📢 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-annou… ⬇️ Download: golang.org/dl/#go1.16.4 #golang

It's happening!! 🎉 Native fuzzing will be in Go 1.18 We just merged the dev.fuzz branch into master ✅github.com/golang/go/comm… #golang

We have published a new go-critic release, free to update and make your #golang code better github.com/go-critic/go-c… We're hitting the 100 checkers threshold! 🎉 Several old checkers are rewritten in ruleguard rules! 🎉 Our project passed 1000 stars at last!…

pprof inside #VSCodeGo, feature delivered by @ethan_reesor Available in Go Nightly now. #golang #pprof

Here's a list of some changes to look forward to in #golang 1.18! The first beta should be out in a month, and the final release in three months. Each change with a link, so you can read more.

quasilyte.dev/gocorpus/ Sometimes I want to query "how often does this #golang code pattern appear in the wild?" I made a wasm app prototype today that can make this kind of analysis easier. It lacks some features right now, but it will get better. ⭐️ ->…

$ go version go version devel go1.17-dc00dc6c6b Thu Jun 10 12:41:37 2021 +0000 linux/amd64 Issue #38184 seems to be a reasonably hard limit in the race detector library, but it's not always...

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