xgo - Extra Go

Copyright (c) 2020, 2024, Geert JM Vanderkelen

Package xgo gathers extra, common functionality which gets reimplemented in each project. It is organized in sub-packages which mimic the Go standard library.

xgo is meanly used by other projects the author is maintaining and does nothing extraordinary except taking away the tedious repeating.

The package grew from an old package, which was split into various separate repositories within github.com/golistic. However, this is way too much overhead and maintenance, so we decided to revert back to a single repository: xgo.

Requires Go 1.23 or later.

Index

The following list shows sub-packages of xgo. Most have the same names as their counterparts in the Go standard library, for example, xos and os. However, we add some more like xconv and xptr.

• xconv - (basic) type conversions similar
• xmaps - extra functionality manipulating Go maps
• xnet - from validating email addresses to finding te next free TCP port
• xos - wrapping around os with functions like IsDir or IsRegularFile and mapping environment
• xptr - getting pointer to value; probably the most reimplemented functionality
• xreflect - handy tools doing reflection such as PatchStruct
• xslice - missing pieces of slice, with for example AsAny to return any slice as []any
• xsql - extra functionality around SQL drivers including managing DSN (Data Source Name)
• xstrings - extends strings with useful helpers such as generic Join and RepeatJoin
• xt - basic wrappers around the testing standard package but with a short name
• xtime - helpers around time.Time

License

Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt for more information.