Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH nbdkit v2] Add the ability to write plugins in golang.

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 11:44:59AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > Thanks: Dan Berrangé > > XXX UNFINISHED: > > - Is using uintptr for the handle a good idea? Plugins must return > something != 0. In other languages we would allow plugins to > return an arbitrary object here, but this is not possible in golang > because of lack of GC roots. Yeah, this is the bit that looks wierd to me when thinking about this from a Go dev POV. You asked me on IRC whether we should have a separate interface for a connection object, and this makes me think that we should indeed do that.