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cmd/cgo: why does generated code refer to Go's int and uint types #3585

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rsc opened this issue May 1, 2012 · 2 comments
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cmd/cgo: why does generated code refer to Go's int and uint types #3585

rsc opened this issue May 1, 2012 · 2 comments
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rsc commented May 1, 2012 

From discussion about CL 6131060.
I'd like to understand why these are being used.

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:00, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> No, it fails.  In misc/cgo/test I get
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> exports.go:10:23: unrecognized Go type int
> exports.go:10:23: unrecognized Go type int
> issue1560.go:30:24: unrecognized Go type int
> issue1560.go:30:24: unrecognized Go type int
> issue2462.go:30:18: unrecognized Go type int
> issue2462.go:30:18: unrecognized Go type int
> issue2462.go:35:19: unrecognized Go type uint
> issue2462.go:35:19: unrecognized Go type uint
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Comment 1:

They are needed for //export.  If you //export a Go function that uses int, cgo needs to
know the C type to use.

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rsc commented May 1, 2012

Comment 2:

Thanks.

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