var a [10]int
s1 := a[3:7]   // underlying array of s1 is array a; &s1[2] == &a[5]
s2 := s1[1:4]  // underlying array of s2 is underlying array of s1 which is array a; &s2[1] == &a[5]
s2[1] = 42     // s2[1] == s1[2] == a[5] == 42; they all refer to the same underlying array element
</pre>


<h4>Full slice expressions</h4>

<p>

(accessed with “<code>go</code> <code>build</code> <code>-race</code>”)
do exactly this.
</p>

<p>
A read of an array, struct, or complex number
may by implemented as a read of each individual sub-value
(array element, struct field, or real/imaginary component),
in any order.
Similarly, a write of an array, struct, or complex number
may be implemented as a write of each individual sub-value,
in any order.
</p>

<p>

precedence, not the C-like precedence of the original.
Thus <code>3&amp;1&lt;&lt;2</code> is 4, not 0—it parses as <code>(3&amp;1)&lt;&lt;2</code>
not <code>3&amp;(1&lt;&lt;2)</code>.
Also, constants are always evaluated as 64-bit unsigned integers.
Thus <code>-2</code> is not the integer value minus two,
but the unsigned 64-bit integer with the same bit pattern.
The distinction rarely matters but

should be used instead.
</li>
</ol>

<h4 id="Conversions_from_slice_to_array_or_array_pointer">Conversions from slice to array or array pointer</h4>

<p>
Converting a slice to an array yields an array containing the elements of the underlying array of the slice.
Similarly, converting a slice to an array pointer yields a pointer to the underlying array of the slice.