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cmd/cgo: recognize //go:export like //export #38785

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nd opened this issue May 1, 2020 · 7 comments
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cmd/cgo: recognize //go:export like //export #38785

nd opened this issue May 1, 2020 · 7 comments
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nd commented May 1, 2020 •
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Directives are excluded from extracted docs (#37974). In addition to comments matched by the //[a-z0-9]+:[a-z0-9] pattern, the //line comment is excluded. Maybe the CGO //export comment should be excluded as well.
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mvdan commented May 1, 2020

I think you meant #37974?

@mvdan mvdan changed the title To exclude CGO //export directive from extracted docs go/doc: exclude CGO //export directive from extracted docs May 1, 2020
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nd commented May 1, 2020

Thanks, fixed

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@rsc @griesemer Any concerns about handling //export in doc comments as we handle //go: comments? I guess this would be a one-off special case.

Another option would be to migrate toward //go:export comments.

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Setting Go1.15 milestone since this functionality is new in the 1.15 release. It can be done later, though.

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Wouldn't one want to see //export comments in documentation? How would one be able to tell that the marked Go function can be used from C?

But assuming that excluding these comments in the documentation is ok, moving to //go:export would not require another special case which I think would be preferable. The tools would have to recognize both indefinitely (or at least for a some time), but over time the //export comments would disappear in the documentation as code is adjusted. Does that sound about right?

@ianlancetaylor ianlancetaylor changed the title go/doc: exclude CGO //export directive from extracted docs cmd/cgo: recognize //go:export like //export Jun 26, 2020
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Changing this into a cmd/cgo change to use //go:export.

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Change https://golang.org/cl/240777 mentions this issue: cmd/cgo: recognize //go:export like //export

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