In Go, how do I capture stdout of a function into a string?

Question

In Python, for example, I can do the following:

realout = sys.stdout
sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO()
some_function() # prints to stdout get captured in the          


        

Answer 1

I think the whole idea is not advisable (race condition) at all, but I guess one can mess with os.Stdout in a way similar/analogical to your example.