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Re:Compile-time safety for enumerations in Go by kiitos on Friday September 29, 2023 @12:09PM (#37706279)
> But he doesn't even need to do the pointer/type conversion stuff, he could just do `c = Color("orange")` and call it a day.

c = Color("orange") does not compile.

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Re:Compile-time safety for enumerations in Go by throwaway894345 on Friday September 29, 2023 @03:29PM (#37709046)
Ah, I misunderstood what type color.Red had. My mistake.
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