Go: Linkname Revolution and Range-Over-Func Refinements
Today we're diving into a fascinating day in Go's development with 16 commits focused on two major themes: a revolutionary overhaul of how linknames work in the standard library, and important refinements to the range-over-func feature. Cherry Mui leads the charge with groundbreaking linkname improvements, while Robert Griesemer fine-tunes the range-over-func specification.
Duration: PT3M53S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Go.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Go
- Published: 2026-04-02T10:01:55Z
- Audio duration: PT3M53S
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Hey there, Go developers! Welcome back to another episode of the Go podcast. I'm your host, and wow, do we have an interesting story to tell you today from April 2nd, 2026.
You know, sometimes the most exciting changes in a programming language aren't the flashy new features - they're the deep, thoughtful improvements to how things work under the hood. And today's activity is a perfect example of that.
We had zero merged pull requests today, but don't let that fool you - the Go team was incredibly busy with 16 commits that tell a really compelling story about making Go more robust and developer-friendly.
Let me paint you the picture. The biggest story today is all about linknames - and I know what you're thinking, "linknames sound super technical and boring," but stick with me because this is actually fascinating stuff that affects every Go program you write.
Cherry Mui has been on an absolute mission to revolutionize how linknames work in the Go standard library. Think of linknames as secret handshakes between different parts of the Go codebase - they let one package access private functions from another package. The problem? Until now, there wasn't a great way to say…
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