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support custom function with native golang plugin system #12285

Open blackb1rd opened 8 months ago

blackb1rd commented 8 months ago

this idea may be similar to #10633 #11085

but this is using .so file or calling function from dynamic library

Example project: https://github.com/vladimirvivien/go-plugin-example

so, anyone can implement hugo plugin with loading dynamic library and able to call function in template.

dogweather commented 8 months ago

At the same time you posted this, I happened to be asking about this kind of functionality in the forum: https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-a-reusable-partial-component-that-could-be-shared-easily/48940

jmooring commented 8 months ago

https://pkg.go.dev/plugin@master#hdr-Warnings

Warnings

However, the plugin mechanism has many significant drawbacks that should be considered carefully during the design. For example:

  • Plugins are currently supported only on Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS, making them unsuitable for applications intended to be portable.
  • ...
  • Together, these restrictions mean that, in practice, the application and its plugins must all be built together by a single person or component of a system. In that case, it may be simpler for that person or component to generate Go source files that blank-import the desired set of plugins and then compile a static executable in the usual way.

That doesn't sound so great.