init function for structs

Go does not have automatic constructors. Typically you create your own NewT() *T function which performs the necessary initialization. But it has to be called manually.

Go doesn't have implicit constructors. You would likely write something like this.

package main

import "fmt"

type Console struct {
    X int
    Y int
}

func NewConsole() *Console {
    return &Console{X: 5}
}

var console Console = *NewConsole()

func main() {
    fmt.Println(console)
}

Output:

{5 0}