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maddyblue / esc

A simple file embedder for Go
http://godoc.org/github.com/mjibson/esc
MIT License
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How does this differ from other similar projects? #26

Closed dmitshur closed 8 years ago

dmitshur commented 8 years ago

Hi there,

I just discovered this project. I have a similar one called vfsgen, that also generates a .go file that implements http.FileSystem and only uses standard library.

In its README, I have a list of alternatives because I think it's a good idea, and I'd like to add your project there. Can you help me understand in what ways this project is unique, what does it focus on/optimize for, and what would be a good description?

Thanks!

dmitshur commented 8 years ago

I've found https://mattjibson.com/blog/2014/11/19/esc-embedding-static-assets/, which helps answer this question somewhat. Unfortunately, I don't see vfsgen in the comparison there, I wonder how it would stack up for the needs you specified.

That post is from late 2014, and vfsgen has only been around for 6-12 months or so, which explains why you couldn't have listed it there.

maddyblue commented 8 years ago

Yes, feel free to add esc if you like. It looks pretty similar but a bit different than vfsgen, which is nice. From first looks I think vfsgen has some features esc doesn't. I like that vfsgen also generates its own go:generate script instead of relying on itself being installed. That's slick and an improvement over esc.

dmitshur commented 8 years ago

Done in https://github.com/shurcooL/vfsgen/commit/86c691e18a3285e15928cd40192fd8ca3648a3a3. Thanks!