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@ -87,7 +87,35 @@ may now be <code>nil</code>.
TODO news about foobarblatz TODO news about foobarblatz
</p> </p>
<h2 id="runtime">Changes to the runtime</h2> <h2 id="compatibility">Changes to the compatibility guidelines</h2>
<p>
The <a href="/pkg/unsafe/"><code>unsafe</code></a> package allows one
to defeat Go's type system by exploiting internal details of the implementation
or machine representation of data.
It was never explicitly specified what use of <code>unsafe</code> meant
with respect to compatibility as specified in the
<a href="go1compat.html">Go compatibilty guidelines</a>.
The answer, of course, is that we can make no promise of compatibility
for code that does unsafe things.
</p>
<p>
We have clarified this situation in the documentation included in the release.
The <a href="go1compat.html">Go compatibilty guidelines</a> and the
docs for the <a href="/pkg/unsafe/"><code>unsafe</code></a> package
are now explicit that unsafe code is not guaranteed to remain compatible.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>: Nothing technical has changed; this is just a clarification
of the documentation.
</p>
<h2 id="impl">Changes to the implementations and tools</h2>
<h3 id="runtime">Changes to the runtime</h3>
<p> <p>
Up to Go 1.4, the runtime (garbage collector, concurrency support, interface management, Up to Go 1.4, the runtime (garbage collector, concurrency support, interface management,
@ -140,58 +168,114 @@ so the effect is minimal, but programs that store integers (for example) in
interfaces will see more allocations. interfaces will see more allocations.
</p> </p>
<h2 id="compatibility">Changes to the compatibility guidelines</h2>
<p>
The <a href="/pkg/unsafe/"><code>unsafe</code></a> package allows one
to defeat Go's type system by exploiting internal details of the implementation
or machine representation of data.
It was never explicitly specified what use of <code>unsafe</code> meant
with respect to compatibility as specified in the
<a href="go1compat.html">Go compatibilty guidelines</a>.
The answer, of course, is that we can make no promise of compatibility
for code that does unsafe things.
</p>
<p>
We have clarified this situation in the documentation included in the release.
The <a href="go1compat.html">Go compatibilty guidelines</a> and the
docs for the <a href="/pkg/unsafe/"><code>unsafe</code></a> package
are now explicit that unsafe code is not guaranteed to remain compatible.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>: Nothing technical has changed; this is just a clarification
of the documentation.
</p>
<h2 id="impl">Changes to the implementations and tools</h2>
<h3 id="garbage_collector">Changes to the garbage collector</h3>
<p>
TODO news about garbage collection
</p>
<h3 id="stacks">Stack</h3>
<p>
TODO news about stacks
</p>
<h3 id="gccgo">Status of gccgo</h3> <h3 id="gccgo">Status of gccgo</h3>
<p> <p>
TODO gccgo news TODO gccgo news
</p> </p>
<h3 id="gocmd">Changes to the go command</h3> <h3 id="internalpackages">Internal packages</h3>
<pre>
TODO prose for these
cmd/go: implement "internal" (CL 120600043)
</pre>
<h3 id="importcomments">Import comments</h3>
<pre>
TODO prose for these
cmd/go: import comments (CL 124940043)
</pre>
<h3 id="gogenerate">The go generate subcommand</h3>
<p> <p>
TODO go command news The <a href="/cmd/go/"><code>go</code></a> command has a new subcommand,
<a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Generate_Go_files_by_processing_source"><code>go generate</code></a>,
to automate the running of tools to generate source code before compilation.
For example, it can be used to run the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacc"><code>yacc</code></a>
compiler-compiler on a <code>.y</code> file to produce the Go source file implementing the grammar,
or to automate the generation of <code>String</code> methods for typed constants using the new
<a href="http://godoc.org/code.google.com/p/go.tools/cmd/stringer">stringer</a>
tool in the <code>go.tools</code> repository.
</p> </p>
<p>
For more information, see the
<a href="http://golang.org/s/go1.4-generate">design document</a>.
</p>
<h3 id="filenames">Change to file name handling</h3>
<p>
Build constraints, also known as build tags, control compilation by including or excluding files
(see the documentation <a href="/pkg/go/build/"><code>/go/build</code></a>).
Compilation can also be controlled by the name of the file itself by "tagging" the file with
a suffix (before the <code>.go</code> or <code>.s</code> extension) with an underscore
and the name of the architecture or operating system.
For instance, the file <code>gopher_arm.go</code> will only be compiled if the target
processor is an ARM.
</p>
<p>
Before Go 1.4, a file called just <code>arm.go</code> was similarly tagged, but this behavior
can break sources when new architectures are added, causing files to suddenly become tagged.
In 1.4, therefore, a file will be tagged in this manner only if the tag (architecture or operating
system name) is preceded by an underscore.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>: Packages that depend on the old behavior will no longer compile correctly.
Files with names like <code>windows.go</code> or <code>arm64.go</code> should either
have explicit build tags added to the source or be renamed to something like
<code>os_windows.go</code> or <code>support_arm64.go</code>.
</p>
<h3 id="gocmd">Other changes to the go command</h3>
<p>
There were a number of minor changes to the
<a href="/cmd/go/"><code>cmd/go</code></a>
command worth noting.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Unless <a href="/cmd/cgo/"><code>cgo</code></a> is being used to build the package,
the <code>go</code> command now refuses to compile C source files,
since the relevant C compilers
(<a href="/cmd/6c/"><code>6c</code></a> etc.)
are intended to be removed from the installation in some future release.
(They are used today only to build part of the runtime.)
It is difficult to use them correctly in any case, so any extant uses are likely incorrect,
so we have disabled them.
</li>
<li>
The <a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Test_packages"><code>go</code> <code>test</code></a>
subcommand has a new flag, <code>-o</code>, to set the name of the resulting binary,
corresponding to the same flag in other subcommands.
The non-functional <code>-file</code> flag has been removed.
</li>
<li>
The <a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Test_packages"><code>go</code> <code>test</code></a>
will compile and link all <code>*_test.go</code> files in the package,
even when there are no <code>Test</code> functions in them.
It previously ignored such files.
</li>
<li>
The behavior of the
<a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Test_packages"><code>go</code> <code>build</code></a>'s
<code>-a</code> flag has been changed for non-development installations.
For installations running a released distribution, the <code>-a</code> flag will no longer
rebuild the standard library and commands, to avoid overwriting the installation's files.
</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="cgo">Changes to cgo</h3> <h3 id="cgo">Changes to cgo</h3>
<p> <p>
@ -285,14 +369,6 @@ See the relevant package documentation for more information about each change.
<pre> <pre>
cmd/6l, liblink: use pc-relative addressing for all memory references, so that linking Go binaries at high addresses works (CL 125140043). This cuts the maximum size of a Go binary's text+data+bss from 4GB to 2GB. cmd/6l, liblink: use pc-relative addressing for all memory references, so that linking Go binaries at high addresses works (CL 125140043). This cuts the maximum size of a Go binary's text+data+bss from 4GB to 2GB.
cmd/go: import comments (CL 124940043)
cmd/go: implement "internal" (CL 120600043)
cmd/go: implement "generate" (CL 125580044)
cmd/go: disallow C sources except when using cgo (CL 149720043)
cmd/go: add test -o flag (CL 149070043)
cmd/go: redefine build -a to skip standard library in releases (CL 151730045)
cmd/go: compile and link all _test.go files during 'go test', even in packages where there are no Test functions (CL 150980043)
cmd/go: (via go/build): a GOOS prefix acts as a tag only if preceded by an underscore. this is a breaking change. (CL 147690043)
asm: make textflag.h available outside of cmd/ld (CL 128050043) asm: make textflag.h available outside of cmd/ld (CL 128050043)
bufio: handling of empty tokens at EOF changed, may require scanner change (CL 145390043) bufio: handling of empty tokens at EOF changed, may require scanner change (CL 145390043)