Calling functions in an so file from Go

Question

Is it possible to call a static object (.so) file from Go? I\'ve been searchign Google and I keep hitting upon the claim that I can do

lib, _ := syscall.Load         


        

Answer 1

As @JimB said, you should just use CGO, and put the linking to the dynamic/static library there. as per this example:

// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lpng
// #include 
import "C"

...

var x:= C.png_whatever() // whatever the API is

Read more here: http://blog.golang.org/c-go-cgo