</p>

<h2 id="synchronization">Synchronization</h2>

<h3 id="init">Initialization</h3>

<p>
Program initialization runs in a single goroutine,
but that goroutine may create other goroutines,
which run concurrently.
</p>

<p class="rule">
If a package <code>p</code> imports package <code>q</code>, the completion of
<code>q</code>'s <code>init</code> functions happens before the start of any of <code>p</code>'s.
</p>

Variables may also be initialized using functions named <code>init</code>
declared in the package block, with no arguments and no result parameters.
</p>

<pre>
func init() { … }
</pre>

<p>
Multiple such functions may be defined per package, even within a single
source file. In the package block, the <code>init</code> identifier can
be used only to declare <code>init</code> functions, yet the identifier

Variables may also be initialized using functions named <code>init</code>
declared in the package block, with no arguments and no result parameters.
</p>

<pre>
func init() { … }
</pre>

<p>
Multiple such functions may be defined per package, even within a single
source file. In the package block, the <code>init</code> identifier can
be used only to declare <code>init</code> functions, yet the identifier