Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “constants”
I am an atheist and developer, I’ve found it surprising how often these two identities collide. I’m fascinated when something that deals with engineering directly influences my views on theism, or at least makes me consider new ideas. When building a game engine, even the most basic one, it becomes apparent that certain constants must be set. Take a look …
For the most part, Go developers are pretty good about using constants for global configuration, rather than global variables. A problem arises however when we want a global constant slice or map. The go compiler doesn’t allow these more complex types to be set as constant. Many developers, upon making this realization, decide to then use a dangerous global variable. …
