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.

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