This improves the readability of assembly code, and keeps it robust to
changes in data layout either in the Go type definitions or in the
layout rules used by the Go compiler.
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Constants are of the form <code>const_<i>name</i></code>.
For example, given the Go declaration <code>const bufSize =
1024</code>, assembly code can refer to the value of this constant
as <code>const_bufSize</code>.
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