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Mastering Go - Fourth Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805127147
Pages 736 pages
Edition 4th Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Mihalis Tsoukalos Mihalis Tsoukalos
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters close

Preface 1. A Quick Introduction to Go 2. Basic Go Data Types 3. Composite Data Types 4. Go Generics 5. Reflection and Interfaces 6. Go Packages and Functions 7. Telling a UNIX System What to Do 8. Go Concurrency 9. Building Web Services 10. Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket 11. Working with REST APIs 12. Code Testing and Profiling 13. Fuzz Testing and Observability 14. Efficiency and Performance 15. Changes in Recent Go Versions 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index
Appendix: The Go Garbage Collector

Constants

Go supports constants, which behave like variables but cannot change their values. Constants in Go are defined with the help of the const keyword. Constants can be either global or local. However, if you are defining too many constant values with a local scope, you might need to rethink your approach.

The main benefit you get from using constants in your programs is the guarantee that their value will not change during program execution. Strictly speaking, the value of a constant variable is defined at compile time, not at runtime—this means that it is included in the binary executable. Behind the scenes, Go uses Boolean, string, or numeric as the type for storing constant values because this gives Go more flexibility when dealing with constants.

Some possible uses of constants include defining configuration values such as the maximum number of connections or the TCP/IP port number used and defining physical constants such as the speed of light or the gravity...

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