On Monday, September 12, 2016 at 8:57:15 AM UTC-4, Markus Zimmermann wrote: > > Hi gophers! > > I am wondering why we have a "declared and not used" compile error for > variables [https://play.golang.org/p/KLzHVO5L7q] but not for constants [ > https://play.golang.org/p/JG9dSa_VKg]? I am sure there is some rational > decision behind this that I have missed, but my Google-fu is just not > strong enough to find an answer. > > Cheers, > Markus >
It may be a stretch, but allowing unused constants may be desirable when we're using iota and we don't want higher constants to change when some of the intermediate values become unused. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
