In fact, since go does not have explicit constructors, it encourages the factory pattern all over the place. You'll find static factories everywhere in the go l

In fact, since go does not have explicit constructors, it encourages the factory pattern all over the place. You'll find static factories everywhere in the go library. http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#composite_literals http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#composite_literals