Is there a "reverse" for the stringer tool?

Question

In go I can use stringer to convert const names to string:

//go:generate stringer -type=M
type M int

const (
    _ M = iota
    Foo // "Foo"
    Bar // "Bar"
)

Is there anything that would allow me to convert the "foo" string into a variable of type M except for a hand-written switch?

Answer 1

I've recently discovered https://github.com/alvaroloes/enumer which adds a TypeString(string) Type method that will convert string value to type and can replace stringer.