Goshell

Goshell is REPL shell for golang.

the project is inspired by rango but took different decisions.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Features
• Examples
• Contact

Installation

go install github.com/ahmedakef/goshell@latest

Features

• auto import the needed libraries using goimports just write fmt.Print() and fmt will be imported.
• autocompletion for languages keywords and libraries's functions and types without the need for language server.
• print the variablles by writing them, no need to use fmt.Print()
• supports all shell line editing commands supported by liner
• don't have dependancy on goimports

Examples

live demo

Simple variable printing

>>> a:=1
>>> b:=2
>>> a
1

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	a := 1
	b := 2
	fmt.Println(a)
	use(a, b)
}

// used to avoid "declared and not used" error
func use(vals ...any) {
	for _, val := range vals {
		_ = val
	}
}

Calling functions

>>> func add(x,y int) int {
...     return x+y
... }
>>> a:=1
>>> b:=2
>>> add(a,b)
3

package main

import "fmt"

func add(x, y int) int {
	return x + y
}

func main() {
	a := 1
	b := 2
	fmt.Println(add(a, b))
	use(a, b)
}

// used to avoid "declared and not used" error
func use(vals ...any) {
	for _, val := range vals {
		_ = val
	}
}

Contact

ahmedakef - [email protected]