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| author | Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> | 2009-11-04 15:17:36 -0800 |
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| committer | Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org> | 2009-11-04 15:17:36 -0800 |
| commit | 33e0a3496b36d6a92c1e54bec50edeeef7c37d67 (patch) | |
| tree | 2cd62a1f306a455adc0eb30a1eae4f2d94849fe8 /src/cmd/cgo/doc.go | |
| parent | 3805f428cb2363dfe69d37ef00e4670b11334ceb (diff) | |
| download | golang-33e0a3496b36d6a92c1e54bec50edeeef7c37d67.tar.gz | |
doc doc doc
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http://go/go-review/1016039
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diff --git a/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go b/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go new file mode 100644 index 000000000..022a87c15 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/cmd/cgo/doc.go @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +/* + +Cgo enables the creation of Go packages that call C code. + +Usage: cgo [compiler options] file.go + +The compiler options are passed through uninterpreted when +invoking gcc to compile the C parts of the package. + +The input file.go is a syntactically valid Go source file that imports +the pseudo-package "C" and then refers to types such as C.size_t, +variables such as C.stdout, or functions such as C.putchar. + +If the import of "C" is immediately preceded by a comment, that +comment is used as a header when compiling the C parts of +the package. For example: + + // #include <stdio.h> + // #include <errno.h> + import "C" + +Cgo transforms the input file into four output files: two Go source +files, a C file for 6c (or 8c or 5c), and a C file for gcc. + +The standard package makefile rules in Make.pkg automate the +process of using cgo. See $GOROOT/misc/cgo/stdio and +$GOROOT/misc/cgo/gmp for examples. + +Cgo does not yet work with gccgo. +*/ +package documentation |
