Using binary packages directly

Question

I\'m writing a library in Go. I\'m planning to distribute it, and with a main requirement of \'without source codes\'.

For testing, I have created

Answer 1

The binary-only packages is supported in go 1.7 now.

You can only provide .a files and fake go files without source code to distribute it now.

Here is a detailed example and a script of Go1.7 binary package generator.

myframework/frameImplement.go

package myframework

import "fmt"

func Hello(name string) string {
    return fmt.Sprintf("Hello, %s!", name)
}

main/main.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "golang-binary-package-generator/myframework"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println(" start program ")
    fmt.Println(" print program :", myframework.Hello("print something now"))
}

If I want to hide my framework's source code, just build it with go build -i -o $GOPATH/pkg/framework.a, then modify your source code to

//go:binary-only-package

package framework

//you can add function prototype here for go doc etc, but no necessary.

, which you can use my binary package generator(script) to help you.