Is there a way to load the contents of a package in go without needing to use the package name? For example, in Python you can do:
from somepackage import *
# access function from somepackage foo
foo()
I would like to do that in Go. I tried:
import _ "path/to/my/package"
but it didn't work. I'm having trouble articulating myself to find the solution online, if there is one.
The Go Programming Language Specification
If an explicit period (.) appears instead of a name, all the package's exported identifiers declared in that package's package block will be declared in the importing source file's file block and must be accessed without a qualifier.
Use a period (.) instead of a name. For example,
package main
import (
"fmt"
. "time"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println(Now()) // time.Now()
}
Output:
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