a Go translation.  C arithmetic types translate to precisely-sized Go
arithmetic types.  A C struct translates to a Go struct, field by
field; unrepresentable fields are replaced with opaque byte arrays.  A
C union translates into a struct containing the first union member and
perhaps additional padding.  C arrays become Go arrays.  C pointers
become Go pointers.  C function pointers become Go's uintptr.
C void pointers become Go's unsafe.Pointer.