On Fri, 18 Dec 2020, 11:44 pm Volker Dobler, <dr.volker.dob...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Use
>
>     import _ "embed"  // note the _
>
> Your code does not  use package embed. A comment does
> not qualify as usage. As yous must import it for //go:embed
> comments to work you have to use a "side-effects-only"-import.
>

Ah yes. This should be mentioned in the package documentation. Probably it
is not.

Thank you.

>
> V.
>
> On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 13:38:10 UTC+1 amits...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi all, has anyone tried using the “embed” package in the 1.16 beta 1
>> release?
>>
>> My data.go file looks as:
>>
>> package main
>>
>> import "embed"
>>
>> //go:embed templates/main.go.tmpl
>> var tmplMainGo []byte
>>
>>
>> When I build the program, I get this:
>>
>> ~/go/bin/go1.16beta1 build
>> # github.com/amitsaha/go-embed
>> ./data.go:3:8: imported and not used: “embed”
>>
>>
>> Now, I understand the error, but what’s the fix? I blindly tried to
>> remove the import, but then I get:
>>
>> # github.com/amitsaha/go-embed
>> ./data.go:5:3: //go:embed only allowed in Go files that import “embed"
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> My test code is here: https://github.com/amitsaha/go-embed
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Amit.
>>
>>
>>
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