// Package tar implements access to tar archives.
//
// Tape archives (tar) are a file format for storing a sequence of files that
// can be read and written in a streaming manner.
// This package aims to cover most variations of the format,
// including those produced by GNU and BSD tar tools.
package tar

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"internal/godebug"
	"io/fs"
	"maps"
	"math"
	"path"
	"reflect"

in that most races have a limited number of outcomes,
and less like C and C++, where the meaning of any program with a race
is entirely undefined, and the compiler may do anything at all.
Go's approach aims to make errant programs more reliable and easier to debug,
while still insisting that races are errors and that tools can diagnose and report them.
</p>

<h2 id="model">Memory Model</h2>

<p>