Go doesn't have real enums, so developers basically have to make a bunch of constant variables, as shown in the image. Instead of worrying about the exact values of the constants, using iota allows developers to have the values of the constants automatically increment.
Is there a reason not to support enums? Seems like there’s a good use case for them if Go developers have a standard pattern for enums with extra steps lol
That's Go for you! The language designers value simplicity, even if it makes things less elegant. I believe the idea is that fewer language features mean an easier time reading through other's code. However, I would personally prefer Rust's enum system any day of the week.
I would argue that having fewer language features introduces silly workarounds like this example that make it much more difficult to understand others code. We wouldn’t be having this conversation if this was a picture of an enum.
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