I think MinGW should *do the work*. You can cross-compile the code on linux or build on Windows host.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:09 PM, aconway <[email protected]> wrote: > I have spent a fruitless day trying to get the go binding to work on > windows. Here's the scoop. > > cgo (the Go/C integration) requires gcc to work on windows. > gcc will not link with libraries produced by Visual Studio C++ > compiler. > most proton users will be using the Visual Studio compiler. > > So I think the only way to make it work on windows is to build a proton > library with gcc specially for the go binding. This needs to be kept > separate from any VS generated proton libraries installed on the same > host. As I understand it, the "idiomatic" strategy for doing this on > windows is to install them in different, randomly-named directories. > Indeed as I understand it "install" on windows means "copy to a > randomly named directory" so I guess this is not a big deal. > > I'd love to hear better solutions from developers who are less windows > -hostile :) > > Cheers, > Alan. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
