Cgo enables the creation of Go packages that call C code. Using cgo with the go command ¶To use cgo write normal Go code that imports a pseudo-package "C". The Go code can then refer to types such as C.size_t, variables such as C.stdout, or functions such as C.putchar. If the import of "C" is immediately preceded by a comment, that comment, called the preamble, is used as a header when compiling t