We had too many options for functions to use to get type information for a package. Now we stick with having one option to get the check package handles, and then the caller can refine the results as needed. Change-Id: I81f69a670e1539854ee23b6f364159a7de9b782f Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/tools/+/194457 Run-TryBot: Rebecca Stambler <rstambler@golang.org> TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org> Reviewed-by: Ian Cottrell <iancottrell@google.com>
Go Tools
This subrepository holds the source for various packages and tools that support the Go programming language.
Some of the tools, godoc
and vet
for example, are included in binary Go
distributions.
Others, including the Go guru
and the test coverage tool, can be fetched with
go get
.
Packages include a type-checker for Go and an implementation of the Static Single Assignment form (SSA) representation for Go programs.
Download/Install
The easiest way to install is to run go get -u golang.org/x/tools/...
. You can
also manually git clone the repository to $GOPATH/src/golang.org/x/tools
.
Report Issues / Send Patches
This repository uses Gerrit for code changes. To learn how to submit changes to this repository, see https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html.
The main issue tracker for the tools repository is located at https://github.com/golang/go/issues. Prefix your issue with "x/tools/(your subdir):" in the subject line, so it is easy to find.