Update The proposal is #64777 (comment).

Proposal Details

This proposal is a less flexible but perhaps easier to implement and maintain alternative to #64755. See that issue for background and motivation for non-main packages to take control of the main thread.

I propose adding a new function, runtime.RunOnMainThread, for running a function on the startup, or main, thread. In particular,

package runtime // RunOnMainThread runs a function immediately after program initialization on a // goroutine wired to the startup thread. It panics if called outside an init // function, if called more than once, or if [runtime.LockOSThread] has already // been called from an init function. // Once RunOnMainThread is called, later LockOSThread calls from an init function // will panic. func RunOnMainThread(f func())

This is the complete proposal.

Variants

Just like #64755, an alternative spelling is syscall.RunOnMainThread optionally limited to GOOS=darwin and GOOS=ios.