Re: [go-nuts] 1.8 plugins and ABI

2017-02-23 Thread 'Tim Hockin' via golang-nuts
Thanks, Ian. Very informative if somewhat disappointing. It more or less rules out what we wanted to do. On Feb 23, 2017 5:23 PM, "Ian Lance Taylor" wrote: On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 4:45 PM, 'Tim Hockin' via golang-nuts wrote: > > I can't seem to find this documented, and I'm me involved in so

Re: [go-nuts] 1.8 plugins and ABI

2017-02-23 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 4:45 PM, 'Tim Hockin' via golang-nuts wrote: > > I can't seem to find this documented, and I'm me involved in some > conversations about using plugins: > > What guarantees or limitations surround plugins? Can I compile a host > program with go-1.8.0 and have a third-party

[go-nuts] 1.8 plugins and ABI

2017-02-23 Thread 'Tim Hockin' via golang-nuts
Hi all, I can't seem to find this documented, and I'm me involved in some conversations about using plugins: What guarantees or limitations surround plugins? Can I compile a host program with go-1.8.0 and have a third-party plugin compiled with 1.8.1, and load it? Can I call methods on plugin-s