Marco Franssen • 5/3/2021

How to do Enums in Go

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This article explains how to simulate enums in Go, which lacks a native enum type. It covers defining custom integer types, using iota for auto-incremented constants, and generating code to create a type-safe, developer-friendly API, demonstrated with a car configuration example.

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