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Thursday, July 9 • 19:00 - 19:30
Go and libxl: How we Used the libxl IDL to Generate Go Bindings - Nick Rosbrook, Assured Information Security, Inc.

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Often when developing software in high-level languages, we reach a point where we need bindings for a library written in a lower-level language, especially C. In this talk, I will discuss the need for Go bindings for libxl, and describe my experiences writing them over the last year. Topics will include cgo – Go’s interface to call C code, how the Python-based libxl IDL can be used to write bindings, and the fun I had using Python to generate Go code. Finally, I will talk about how these bindings are being used in redctl, a Xen toolstack for Redfield written in Go.
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Nick Rosbrook

Software Engineer, Assured Information Security, Inc.
Nick Rosbrook is a software engineer at Assured Information Security, Inc., where he works on wireless networking, IPsec, and virtualization. He enjoys working on open source projects, especially Redfield, StrongSwan, and Xen.

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Thursday July 9, 2020 19:00 - 19:30 CEST
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