}
	return y
}
</pre>

<p>
A function declaration without type parameters may omit the body.
Such a declaration provides the signature for a function implemented outside Go,
such as an assembly routine.
</p>

<pre>
func flushICache(begin, end uintptr)  // implemented externally
</pre>

<h3 id="Method_declarations">Method declarations</h3>

<p>