Go 1.11 released

"Go programs currently compile to one WebAssembly module that includes the Go runtime for goroutine scheduling, garbage collection, maps, etc. As a result, the resulting size is at minimum around 2 MB, or 500 KB compressed."

considering it includes the runtime, this isn't a large file compared to images / videos you find on the web today

Re: Go 1.11 released

#6

Post by Sileni » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 10:55 PM UTC

Modules release is definitely a "we told you so" moment. Depending on outside packages has always bothered me, and kept me from doing more with the language.

Re: Go 1.11 released

#7

Post by alexandernst » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 10:57 PM UTC

Finally the entire GOPATH nonsense is going away...

Re: Go 1.11 released

#8

Post by 0xmohit » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 10:58 PM UTC

As listed on the blog page - https://blog.golang.org/go1.11 - two exciting features are modules and WebAssembly support.

Information about modules can be found at:

- https://golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Preliminary_module_support

- https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Modules

- https://research.swtch.com/vgo

The wiki - https://golang.org/wiki/WebAssembly - provides information on how to get started with using Wasm with Go.

Re: Go 1.11 released

#9

Post by weberc2 » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 11:06 PM UTC

alexandernst wrote: post #7

Finally the entire GOPATH nonsense is going away...

Eh, it wasn’t the best, but it was still better than any other language’s equivalent except for Rust’s. In any case, modules have worked wonderfully for me so far.

Re: Go 1.11 released

#10

Post by always_good » Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 11:16 PM UTC

weberc2 wrote: post #9

alexandernst wrote: post #7

Finally the entire GOPATH nonsense is going away...

Eh, it wasn’t the best, but it was still better than any other language’s equivalent except for Rust’s. In any case, modules have worked wonderfully for me so far.

> but it was still better than any other language’s equivalent except for Rust’s

I'd say almost any language with project-specific deps folder (e.g. Node, Elm) are better than GOPATH and its module system.

For example, can't just write `import "./util"`. It needs to be fully qualified, every import depending on full project fs hierarchy including even the project user/name on github. This is hilarious when you just want to fork a project from github and get it running.