constants

Constants in Go

Types of const(s)

• Typed
• Untyped (Kind)

Facts about constants

• Cannot be reassigned or redeclared
• Can only hold scalar values
• Can hold large high precision numbers
• Can be created from expression of other constants
• Can be untyped (Kind)
• Constants only exist during compilation time

C background

How to run the C program

# cd into the project directory
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/gophertuts/go-basics/constants/c-vs-go

# compile the program
gcc main.c -o exec

# run the program
./exec

Resources 💎

• Constants
• Basic Kind
• Iota
• Identifiers
• Keywords
• Numeric types
• Representability
• Constant expressions
• Introduction to Numeric Constants
• A Tour of Go - Basics

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