Note: this is experimental, pre-alpha software
metago - A metaprogramming language for Golang
Metago isn't really a whole language, it's more like a framework for writing "code mods" and code generators in Go's template language ("text/template").
Rationale
One of Go's strengths is its simplicity. For most code this
simplicity is very beneficial. However there's a certain
kind of code where Go's simplicity can start to get in the
way. Examples of this include the sort package and
other cases where one would traditionally use generics.
Other examples include boilerplate code such as the code
generated by stringer. The goal of metago is to help keep
Go simple by adressing the (very few) downsides of
simplicity.
Examples
TODO
Planned Features
- More robust support for introspecting Go Code
- Support for importing plugins written in Go