Re: [Libguestfs] [libnbd PATCH] golang: Bump minimum Go version to 1.17

> > +++ b/golang/configure/test.go > > @@ -25,8 +25,19 @@ > > import ( > > "fmt" > > "runtime" > > + "unsafe" > > ) > > > > +func check_slice(arr *uint32, cnt int) []uint32 { > > + /* We require unsafe.Slice(), introduced in 1.17 */ > > + ret := make([]uint32, cnt) > > + s := unsafe.Slice(arr, cnt) > > + for i, item := range s { > > + ret[i] = uint32(item) > > + } > > + return ret > > +} > > > > I'm not sure what is the purpose of this test - requiring the Go version is > good > enough since the code will not compile with an older version. EVen if it > would, > it will not compile without unsafe.Slice so no special check is needed.