For highly-specific filtering, you might also find https://github.com/google/cel-go interesting. CEL is statically typed and declarative.
On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 11:48 PM Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net> wrote: > > I recently started using github.com/yuin/gopher-lua for a project to allow > users to add filtering criteria that would be highly-specific to a user, but > I would never consider using it for implementing a general-purpose plugin. > > Using Lua to develop plugins in Go would be ideal IMO. It is not performant > like Go, not type-safe like Go, debugging embedded Lua code is difficult > compared to working with Delve and Go, and you will have to ship plugin > source code, or embed and write to a possibly hidden directory. > > For real-world plugins I'd say stick with Hashicorp's go-plugin or similar as > others have recommended, and then only fall back to Lua when you want to > allow end-users who are not Go developers to extend your app in small ways. > #jmtcw #fwiw > > -Mike > P.S. You could also use JavaScript instead of Lua, and most people are likely > more familiar with that. I chose not to use a JavaScript package as I wanted > something significantly lighter weight than JS. OTOH, I am seriously > considering switching out Lua and moving to github.com/antonmedv/expr for my > use-case as it is even lighter weight still. > > On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 8:50:54 AM UTC-4 alex-coder wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> Of course, in case if anyone is in interest to write plugins for Go. >> I found another option for writing plugins by use Lua. >> I haven't touched the example yet, but I'm giving out the link. >> https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua/ >> >> Thank you. >> >> четверг, 3 августа 2023 г. в 15:47:26 UTC+3, alex-coder: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> Currently I walk through the next book about native go development and find >>> out that it is possible to use the plugin, >>> but with limitations, so it became interesting what alternatives there are. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> четверг, 3 августа 2023 г. в 12:09:21 UTC+3, Christoph Berger: >>>> >>>> WebAssembly comes to mind - see, for example, https://wazero.io/ >>>> >>>> A plugin would then be a .wasm binary that can be compiled in any language >>>> that supports WebAssembly as target. >>>> >>>> Disclaimer: I have not yet tried this approach. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 12:14:15 PM UTC+2 alex-coder wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All ! >>>> Plug-in package is very interesting, but in case the development under >>>> windows it does not work, >>>> So, any hint to use some option instead will be highly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thank you. > > -- > 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/71ab878f-2ce6-4c73-9e85-e9d29e61d718n%40googlegroups.com. -- Best regards, Boris Nagaev -- 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/CAFC_Vt5UUD7D8S_k6rAUtf00wFObmqiy4T0jAJHDJOrjoTV9WA%40mail.gmail.com.
