<a href="#Assignments">assignment</a> or
explicit <a href="#Conversions">conversion</a>.
</p>

<pre>
chan T          // can be used to send and receive values of type T
chan&lt;- float64  // can only be used to send float64s
&lt;-chan int      // can only be used to receive ints
</pre>

<p>
The <code>&lt;-</code> operator associates with the leftmost <code>chan</code>
possible:
</p>

encoding of the machine instructions.
The <code>cmd/internal/obj</code> package takes care of that detail.
</p>

<p>
The instructions for both the 386 and AMD64 architectures are listed in
<code>cmd/internal/obj/x86/a.out.go</code>.
</p>

<p>
The architectures share syntax for common addressing modes such as
<code>(R1)</code> (register indirect),

<a href="#Assignment_statements">assignment</a> or
explicit <a href="#Conversions">conversion</a>.
</p>

<pre>
chan T          // can be used to send and receive values of type T
chan&lt;- float64  // can only be used to send float64s
&lt;-chan int      // can only be used to receive ints
</pre>

<p>
The <code>&lt;-</code> operator associates with the leftmost <code>chan</code>
possible:
</p>