ImportPath       = string_lit .
</pre>

<p>
The PackageName is used in <a href="#Qualified_identifiers">qualified identifiers</a>
to access exported identifiers of the package within the importing source file.
It is declared in the <a href="#Blocks">file block</a>.
If the PackageName is omitted, it defaults to the identifier specified in the
<a href="#Package_clause">package clause</a> of the imported package.

what is explained in that document, and
describes the peculiarities that apply when writing assembly code to interact with Go.
</p>

<p>
The most important thing to know about Go's assembler is that it is not a direct representation of the underlying machine.
Some of the details map precisely to the machine, but some do not.
This is because the compiler suite (see

<a href="#Switch_statements">"switch"</a> statements,
they can be used to declare local temporary variables.
</p>

<h3 id="Function_declarations">Function declarations</h3>

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<p>
A function declaration binds an identifier, the <i>function name</i>,
to a function.