DOdolmen·Apr 7, 2026
Also: goeval https://github.com/dolmen-go/goeval
In Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Godolmen-go
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dolmen-go / goeval
goeval
Run Go snippets instantly from the command-line
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| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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10 sourcesI think there is still space for an alternate Go syntax for scripting with the following constraints:
* a single file exposing a "main" package and its "func main()"
* import syntax that merges requires from go.mod (import both packages and modules)
* simplified error handling (just ignore returned errors in code, and they are caught by the transpiler to be handled as fatal)
Those are my ideas to go beyond my own goeval that already allows to run Go oneliners. https://github.com/dolmen-go/goeval
In Go away PythonAlso, for Go oneliners: https://github.com/dolmen-go/goeval
(Disclaimer: author here)
In Go away PythonAlso with Go:
$ go run github.com/dolmen-go/goeval@master 'fmt.Println(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(os.Args[1])))' foobar
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In Show HN: ut – Rust based CLI utilities for devs and ITShow HN: Goeval v1.2.0: run Go oneliners from the command line
goeval is a frontend to the Go toolchain. It transpiles a subset of Go convenient to write on the command line into a full Go program, and executes it.
v1.2.0 adds a backend. As an alternative to executing the code with the local Go toolchain, the new -play flag runs the code on the Go Playground infrastructure and replays it locally. The -share flag also allow to instantly share your code on the Go Playground to easily transition from a one-liner to a full Go program.
3 points · Open discussionWhy do you need any shell "tricks"? Wouldn't this work?
go run github.com/dolmen-go/goeval@v1 - < file.go
In Any program can be a GitHub Actions shellThis gives me hope to ease running Go code for CI jobs directly from GitHub workflow YAML files using goeval [1].
However goeval doesn't yet have direct support for file input (only stdin), so shell tricks are needed.
So far the way is:
run: |
go run github.com/dolmen-go/goeval@v1 - <<'EOF'
fmt.Println("Hello")
EOF
but this requires a bit of boilerplate.
Disclaimer: I'm the author of goeval.
[1] https://github.com/dolmen-go/goeval
In Any program can be a GitHub Actions shellShow HN: goeval – run Go code from the command line
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: Goveval – Run Go snippets instantly from the command line
1 points · Open discussiongoeval 'fmt.Println("Hello, World!")'
1 points · Open discussion