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<!-- Roadmap -->
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<h2 id="Roadmap">Go Roadmap</h2>
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<p>
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This page lists features and ideas being developed or discussed by the
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Go team. This list will be updated as work continues.
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<p>
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The roadmap should be discussed on
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the <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts">golang-nuts
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mailing list</a>.
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<h3 id="Language_roadmap">
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Language roadmap</h3>
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<p>
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This is a list of language changes that are being considered.
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Appearance on this list is no guarantee that the change will be
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accepted.
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<ul>
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<li>
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Possibly rewrite restriction on goto across variable declarations.
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<li>
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Variant types. A way to define a type as being the union of some set
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of types.
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<li>
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Generics. An active topic of discussion.
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<li>
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Methods for operators, to allow a type to use arithmetic notation for
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expressions.
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<li>
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Possibly allow top-level packages to be given names other than main.
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</ul>
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<h3 id="Implementation_roadmap">
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Implementation roadmap</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Improved garbage collector.
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<li>
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Debugger.
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<li>
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Improved implementation documentation.
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</ul>
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<h4 id="Gc_roadmap">
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Gc compiler roadmap</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Implement goto restrictions.
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<li>
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Improved optimization.
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<li>
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Use escape analysis to keep more data on stack.
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</ul>
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<h4 id="Gccgo_roadmap">
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Gccgo compiler roadmap</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Implement goto restrictions.
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<li>
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Use goroutines rather than threads.
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<li>
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Separate gcc interface from frontend proper.
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<li>
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Use escape analysis to keep more data on stack.
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</ul>
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<h4 id="Tools_roadmap">
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Tools roadmap</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Strengthen goinstall until it can displace make for most builds.
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</ul>
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<h4 id="Packages_roadmap">
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Packages roadmap</h4>
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<ul>
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<li>
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Faster, RE2-like regular expressions.
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<li>
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Comprehensive support for international text.
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<li>
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Support for international dates, times, etc.
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<li>
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Support for multilingual messages.
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</ul>
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<h3 id="done">Done</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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gc: Generate DWARF debug info.
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<li>
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gc: Provide gdb support for runtime facilities.
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<li>
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Safe compilation mode: generate code that is guaranteed not to obtain an invalid memory address other than via <code>import "unsafe"</code>.
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<li>
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Gccgo: garbage collection.
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<li>
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SWIG support.
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<li>
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Simpler semicolon rules.
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<li>
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A more general definition of <code>...</code> in parameter lists.
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<li>
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Explicit conversions from <code>string</code>
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to <code>[]byte</code> and <code>[]int</code>.
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<li>
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A function that will be run by the garbage collector when an item is freed
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(runtime.SetFinalizer).
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<li>
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Public continuous build and benchmark infrastructure (gobuilder).
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<li>
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Package manager (goinstall).
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<li>
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A means of recovering from a panic (recover).
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<li>
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5g: Better floating point support.
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<li>
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Improved CGO including some mechanism for calling back from C to Go.
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<li>
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Faster, allocation-light reflection.
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<li>
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App Engine support.
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</ul>
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