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Getting Setup for Go 1.18

To get vim support for 1.18 make sure you first install Go 1.18 and then the gopls tool.

go install golang.org/dl/go1.18beta2@latest
go1.18beta2 download
go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

Then create a shortcut command (always better than an alias).

#!/bin/sh
exec go1.18beta2 "$@"

Now you should be able to :GoUpdateBinaries from within vim to get everything to support Go 1.18 development. Until then you will get annoying syntax errors for using [ but expected (.

• Tutorial: Getting started with generics
  https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/generics
• tools/advanced.md at master · golang/tools · GitHub
  https://github.com/golang/tools/blob/master/gopls/doc/advanced.md#working-with-generic-code
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• 20210814162031 Burned by Shell Aliases, Again

  #golang #generics #vim #gotchas

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