Can i use shared objects with Go (Google) programming language?
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A:
According to the Go FAQ, you can call into C libraries using a "foreign function interface":
Do Go programs link with C/C++ programs?
There are two Go compiler implementations, 6g and friends, generically called gc, and gccgo. Gc uses a different calling convention and linker and can therefore only be linked with C programs using the same convention. There is such a C compiler but no C++ compiler. Gccgo is a GCC front-end that can, with care, be linked with GCC-compiled C or C++ programs. However, because Go is garbage-collected it will be unwise to do so, at least naively.
There is a “foreign function interface” to allow safe calling of C-written libraries from Go code. We expect to use SWIG to extend this capability to C++ libraries. There is no safe way to call Go code from C or C++ yet.
To answer your earlier question about Windows DLL's: no, as there is currently not a windows implementation of Go. For more information, read can-go-compiler-be-installed-on-windows
Justin Ethier
2010-02-12 20:14:46
I see that he tagged his question with "dll", but shared objects aren't exclusive to Windows, correct?
Joe Holloway
2010-02-12 20:29:58
Agreed, but the original question was about DLL's. Just updated my answer...
Justin Ethier
2010-02-12 20:31:11
first i writen "dll" then corrected to "shared objects"
SomeUser
2010-02-12 21:02:11
Actually, you can call Windows DLL functions and there is a partial Windows implementation of Go. It's just not well documented yet.
Evan Shaw
2010-02-13 14:51:29
Cool... Do you have a link or any more info?
Justin Ethier
2010-02-13 15:46:33
@Justin There was a recent mailing list thread about it: http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts/browse_thread/thread/6c3a256bacfffe0e
Evan Shaw
2010-02-16 00:59:01