Damien Neil
@misago.org
Gopher. Mostly posts cat pictures. Probably not actually the most evilest cat in the world. he/him
Holy cheese my untyped composite literal proposal from 2015 just got accepted. #golang github.com/golang/go/is...
proposal: spec: type inferred composite literals · Issue #12854 · golang/go
Composite literals construct values for structs, arrays, slices, and maps. They consist of a type followed by a brace-bound list of elements. e.g., x := []string{"a", "b", "c"} I propose adding unt...
github.com
“Traversal-resistant file APIs” by Damien Neil — go.dev/blog/osroot #golang
Traversal-resistant file APIs - The Go Programming Language
New file access APIs in Go 1.24.
go.dev
I’m tremendously excited about the synctest package. There’s usually a tension between making async code idiomatic or testable. Synctest makes the idiomatic code testable. #golang go.dev/blog/synctest
Testing concurrent code with testing/synctest - The Go Programming Language
Go 1.24 contains an experimental package to aid in testing concurrent code.
go.dev
20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Shaenon K. Garrity@shaenon.bsky.social · 2y agoChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
The Go protocol buffer Opaque API is released! go.dev/blog/protobu... This is a new, optional version of the generated code API which hides the internal implementation details. It’s been in use inside Google for years now. Congrats to the Go protobuf maintainers on the open source release! #golang
Go Protobuf: The new Opaque API - The Go Programming Language
We are adding a new generated code API to Go Protobuf.
go.dev
I just closed go.dev/issue/54766 as fixed! Please try out the RC! 🇨🇭┳┳
runtime: use SwissTable · Issue #54766 · golang/go
Abstract From ByteDance Programming Language Team We suggest using SwissTable in the runtime to replace the original implementation of the hashmap. SwissTable is now used in abseil and rust by defa...
go.dev
Go@golang.org · 2y ago🎊 Go 1.24 Release Candidate 1 is released! 🏃♀️ Run it in dev! Run it in prod! File bugs! go.dev/issue/new 🔈 Announcement: groups.google.com/g/golang-ann... 📦 Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.24rc1
A silly Go channel trick: The idea behind the gate type (pkg.go.dev/github.com/n...) is to use two channels to store one bit of state. If one channel contains a value the bit is set; if the other it is not.
gate package - github.com/neild/gate - Go Packages
pkg.go.dev
I have been asked by @misago.org to post more pictures of our cats for him to share, so here are the girls enjoying a sunbeam nap.
The silky void cat and the floofy muppet cat send you serenity for today.
