On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 11:37 PM, Jim Yin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Right now, go still import 3rd party libraries by source code. > It is too foolish. > Java share libraries by jar files, c++ share libraries by dll or so files. > Even php has a phar file format. > go need a binary format file share libraries. > Share libraries by source code is acceptable, but should not download them > directly. > Source code can be packed into a compressed file, like phar file. > It can be called goar file. > I think this feature should be implemented as soon as possible.
One aspect of the vgo proposal (https://golang.org/issue/24301) is to define an interchange format for Go packages. It will still be source code, but it will be a binary file as you describe. The current proposal is to use a zip file. 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
