#1496·validator

Make usage of reflect.MethodByName() optional

Author: vincentbernatCreated Nov 21, 2025Updated Mar 14, 2026

Hey!

When using reflect.Method() or reflect.MethodByName() with a non-constant argument, dead code elimination is disabled for public functions. This makes the final binary bigger than it should. See for example https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/132216 for an effort on the subject.

validatefn validator uses such a method. Would it be OK to hide it behind a build constraint? Like validator_no_reflectmethod? This would prevent specifying a custom validator (a static one is still OK).