Using Iota for a List of Constants (Like Enums)

Enums have been used in many programming languages in varying forms for many years. But if you’ve found this post, then you are most likely looking for how to do this in Go (golang). In Go, there’s a handy feature called iota which is a running list of ever-increasing constants. They are a consise way of presenting a list of things in a “don’t repeat yourself” way. For example if you need to define days of the week using contants, you could: