which takes the map type and an optional capacity hint as arguments:
</p>

<pre>
make(map[string]int)
make(map[string]int, 100)
</pre>

<p>
The initial capacity does not bound its size:
maps grow to accommodate the number of items
stored in them, with the exception of <code>nil</code> maps.
A <code>nil</code> map is equivalent to an empty map except that no elements
may be added.
</p>