genexportdata

Overview ¶

Command genexportdata extracts the compiler's export data for a set of packages into a directory tree keyed by import path.

internal/packages reads the result through WithExportData (codescan.Options.ExportData): pre-digested types, so a scan never has to parse or type-check those packages. It is generated here, natively, because producing it needs the toolchain — which is precisely what the consumer does not have.

go run ./hack/genexportdata -out ./exportdata std
go run ./hack/genexportdata -dir hack/genexportdata/bundle -out bundle.zip std ./...

The bundle module names what the published archive covers; see hack/genexportdata/bundle.

The output is valid only for the toolchain that produced it. Export data format is tied to the Go release, so regenerate it whenever the supported toolchain moves.