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> For example, if I name my source file i_love_linux.go, it won’t get compiled on my Mac What could be the reason for this?

• sudhirj 9y ago
  Go enforces the convention of using the architecture name as the last part of the filename as a way to compile code specific to that platform. For example, code that used epoll would be in _linux.go, and the windows and mac versions would be named appropriately.
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  • cesarb 9y ago
    That sounds fragile. Does that mean that, whenever golang is ported to a new platform, code which happened to have the same filename suffix as that new platform's short name will stop working everywhere else?
    • randomdata 9y ago
      Idiomatically, underscores are reserved for files that are given special treatment, like architecture-specific code or test files. It is not strictly enforced by the compiler, so theoretically you could cause this scenario, but if you write Go the Go way, it will not be an issue.
    • encoderer 9y ago
      Golang wouldn’t be “ported” to a new platform like, say, python. You would need to re-compile for that platform, and address any platform specific code at that point.