sqlite VS osxcross

Edit: Thanks to u/lbgdn, the cross compilation issue was resolved. I was able to bypass the CGO issue by using pure-Go SQLite driver.

Each call out to a C library from Go locks an OS thread rather than participating in the go routine scheduling. If stuff happens that makes those threads slow or have some issue, they just sit here. I had a server with C Kafka libraries and each time the network glitched the CPU would spike up wards and not decline. With pure go the scheduler is able to just swap out and ignore code that is stuck some where (unless it were in a busy loop).

With this SQLite implementation I can stick it in my server (as a background, near real time mirror of memory state to disk) without worrying that the main loop will get clogged or my real time path will be hurt.

I use glabarez’ wrapper which makes it have an API like other Go databases: https://github.com/glebarez/sqlite/ and hey have been very responsive to issues I raised.

I have been running load tests against it for a few weeks, and it is quite solid.

RTFM ``` import ( "gorm.io/driver/sqlite" // Sqlite driver based on GGO // "github.com/glebarez/sqlite" // Pure go SQLite driver, checkout https://github.com/glebarez/sqlite for details "gorm.io/gorm" )

If you actually have MacOS device and can install Xcode and so on then you can proceed here and read the instructions.

Have you considered using a dockerized osxcross cross compiler toolchain in your CI? Granted it is a bit clunky to setup...

Technically it's possible, but possibly not legal:

https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross

> Please ensure you have read and understood the Xcode license terms before continuing.

According to the EULA you may only use the SDK on Apple-branded computers. But you can use Linux to cross compile to Apple.

is there a way to cross compile without vms? something similar to https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross?

If you figure out how to get SDL working, one possibility is to develop on Linux, then use mingw-w64 to cross compile from Linux to windows, then use osxcross to cross-compile from Windows to OSX.

Thank you osxcross for creating the path forward

This is actually a solved problem, using osxcross[0]. The experience is honestly very smooth, and we don't require any apple proprietary binaries. The only thing apple-proprietary is their SDK (containing the header files for compiling, and tbd files for linking), which can be downloaded from apple's website (at least if you have a developer account), or from various GitHub projects archiving them.

[0]: https://github.com/tpoechtrager/osxcross