Appreciate the reply, guys. Also, Chris, it's not usually a problem... I
just prefer to keep the compiled file size and resources minimal;
therefore, don't like to import packages unless absolutely necessary.
On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:12:03 PM UTC-5, James Bardin wrote:
>
> They will always be lowercase, as the values are all defined in the code
>
> const GOOS = `android`
> const GOOS = `darwin`
> const GOOS = `dragonfly`
> const GOOS = `freebsd`
> const GOOS = `linux`
> const GOOS = `nacl`
> const GOOS = `netbsd`
> const GOOS = `openbsd`
> const GOOS = `plan9`
> const GOOS = `solaris`
> const GOOS = `windows`
>
> But it's usually better to rely on build constraints rather than
> conditionals at runtime.
>
>
>
> On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 5:00:24 PM UTC-4, Eric Brown wrote:
>>
>> This may be a completely stupid or trivial question; however...
>>
>> I currently use this on some old code I'm working on and trying to clean
>> things up:
>>
>> switch os := strings.ToLower(runtime.GOOS); os {
>> case "windows":
>> // do windows stuff here
>> case "linux":
>> // do linux stuff here
>>
>> default:
>> // do default stuff here
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> I hate to import the entire strings package just to ensure that switch
>> will work. Does anybody know if runtime.GOOS will always return a
>> lowercase value so I don't have to import the strings package just for this
>> single check? All I can find is that GOOS returns (sys
>> <https://golang.org/pkg/runtime/internal/sys/>.GOOS
>> <https://golang.org/pkg/runtime/internal/sys/#GOOS>)...
>> I'd rather be safe than sorry.
>>
>
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