[HN Gopher] Show HN: Search the Go Standard Library
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       Show HN: Search the Go Standard Library
        
       Author : g-harel
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2023-06-20 16:44 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | voodooEntity wrote:
       | Im kinda wondering since the complete source is open and hosted
       | and github (with current previews enabled) even has a usefull
       | search - what is the actualy benefit?
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       | Also if you are using goland (not everyone is i know thats why i
       | pointed it out as second argument) you have the complete
       | standard-lib lookup ready via the IDE.
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       | Maybe im missing something and this is usefull but im coding go
       | for several years now and dont see the point
        
         | g-harel wrote:
         | That's a fair question... ultimately it's possible to get
         | something similar using other tools, but IMO it won't be as
         | easy. Just as a contrived example with a simple query:
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         | https://gothrough.dev/search?q=writer
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         | https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Agolang%2Fgo+writer&type=c...
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         | The problem I really wanted to solve for myself was primarily
         | discovery for standard interfaces. I don't write Go code as
         | regularly as I'd like and don't have code review from a
         | professional setting.
        
       | g-harel wrote:
       | I regularly forget where/whether interfaces and constants exist,
       | so I made myself this ranked & filterable search tool.
       | 
       | The hosted deployment covers the standard library + a few other
       | packages, but it's built to be able to be pointed at any
       | (internal) codebase too! Just need to build an index with more
       | packages installed https://github.com/g-harel/gothrough
        
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