This is a typewriter package for use with gen, a tool for type-driven code generation. It is a fork of Rob Pike’s tool of the same name, which generates readable strings for consts.
It is one of gen’s built-in typewriters.
To use it:
go get -u github.com/clipperhouse/gen
Then, mark up a type in your package, for example:
// +gen stringer
type Pill int
const (
Placebo Pill = iota
Aspirin
Ibuprofen
Paracetamol
Acetaminophen = Paracetamol
)
...and run gen on your package. You should see a new file named mytype_stringer.go. See the gen docs for more information.