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This constant is important and I believe it would be a useful addition, and would also ensure that external libraries using the constant to implement more niche functions have a standard value to depend on.\r\n\r\nI would simply add to `consts.go`:\r\n\r\n```Go\r\nEuler = 0.57721566490153286060651209008240243104215933593992359880576723 // https://oeis.org/A001620\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/golang/go/issues/comments/379581737","html_url":"https://github.com/golang/go/issues/24759#issuecomment-379581737","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/golang/go/issues/24759","id":379581737,"user":{"login":"robpike","id":4324516,"avatar_url":"https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/4324516?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike","html_url":"https://github.com/robpike","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/robpike/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-04-08T20:53:44Z","updated_at":"2018-04-08T20:53:44Z","author_association":"CONTRIBUTOR","body":"When someone writes `math.Euler`, I wouldn't immediately think of γ. I know for shorthand it's called Euler's constant but it appears rarely. I'm not opposed to adding it (although I'm not enthusiastic either) but it needs a more evocative name."}}
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