Release notes

This release note provides information about IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Go 1.19 in IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack. For release notes about other products in IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack, see Release notes.

Beginning with the z/OS Cloud Broker 2.2 and z/OS Package Manager 2.0, a dedicated suboperator for Go is no longer required to install the product on z/OS.

Use the z/OS Package Manager suboperator 2.0 to install the Go OCI artifact on to z/OS.

If IBM Open Enterprise SDK for Go is modified between releases of IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack, additional versions might be available. For the latest information about product versions, always check the IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Github community.

What's new

IBM® Open Enterprise SDK for Go 1.19 brings several significant features from the open-source community:

• Improved implementation for generics to allow Go developers to represent functions and data structures in a generic form. (Using generics to represent functions and types in a generic form)
• Supported an alternative path of IBM Open XL C/C++ 1.1 for use with cgo to run on z/OS® 2.4 or z/OS 2.5.
• IBM C/C++ for Open Enterprise Languages on z/OS 2.0 allows users to develop with C/C++ dependent packages and libraries using cgo.

For language enhancements, see Go 1.19 community announcement blog for details.