x/mobile/cmd/gobind: non-pointer struct types not supported in parameter or return values

[dradtke]

Please answer these questions before submitting your issue. Thanks!

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

go version go1.11 darwin/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

Yes

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN="/Users/dradtke/Workspace/go/bin"
GOCACHE="/Users/dradtke/Library/Caches/go-build"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="darwin"
GOOS="darwin"
GOPATH="/Users/dradtke/Workspace/go"
GOPROXY=""
GORACE=""
GOROOT="/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.11/libexec"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/Cellar/go/1.11/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
CC="clang"
CXX="clang++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD=""
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/var/folders/w1/f3bh6jkx0vx95g4885d2yr5h3kfr1q/T/go-build388664200=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches -fno-common"

What did you do?

I attempted to use the gobind tool to generate code for the following example package:

package bindtest

type Param struct {
        Value string
}

func DoSomething(p Param) {
        // do something with param
}

What did you expect to see?

I would expect to see the method DoSomething available in the generated code.

What did you see instead?

The function gets skipped due to an invalid parameter type:

$ gobind -lang go bindtest | grep DoSomething
// skipped function DoSomething with unsupported parameter or result types

The binding works, however, if DoSomething is updated to take a pointer to Param.

[dmitshur]

/cc @eliasnaur @hyangah per owners.

[eliasnaur]

Indeed. Noone has gotten around to adding value types yet.