//
	// Otherwise if e.g. ReadMemStats is being called in a loop,
	// it might stomp on other attempts to stop the world, such as
	// for starting or ending GC. The operation this blocks is
	// so heavy-weight that we should just try to be as fair as
	// possible here.
	//
	// We don't want to just allow us to get preempted between now
	// and releasing the semaphore because then we keep everyone

repeating the previous list.  The number of identifiers must be equal
to the number of expressions in the previous list.
Together with the <a href="#Iota"><code>iota</code> constant generator</a>
this mechanism permits light-weight declaration of sequential values:
</p>

<pre>
const (
	Sunday = iota
	Monday
	Tuesday
	Wednesday
	Thursday
	Friday
	Partyday
	numberOfDays  // this constant is not exported