The `initial` and `next` subdirectories of this directory are for release notes.

## For developers

Release notes should be added to `next` by editing existing files or creating
new files. **Do not add RELNOTE=yes comments in CLs.** Instead, add a file to
the CL (or ask the author to do so).

At the end of the development cycle, the files will be merged by being
concatenated in sorted order by pathname. Files in the directory matching the

pkg go/ast, type CommClause struct, Colon token.Pos
pkg go/ast, type CommClause struct, Comm Stmt
pkg go/ast, type Comment struct
pkg go/ast, type Comment struct, Slash token.Pos
pkg go/ast, type Comment struct, Text string
pkg go/ast, type CommentGroup struct
pkg go/ast, type CommentGroup struct, List []*Comment
pkg go/ast, type CompositeLit struct
pkg go/ast, type CompositeLit struct, Elts []Expr

  + Keep the title as short as possible. ideally under 76 characters or shorter
+ No Markdown
+ The first PR comment (this one) is wrapped at 76 characters, unless it's
  really needed (ASCII art, table, or long link)
+ If there is a corresponding issue, add either `Fixes #1234` or `Updates #1234`
  (the latter if this is not a complete fix) to this comment
+ If referring to a repo other than `golang/go` you can use the

pkg go/ast, const RECV = 2
pkg go/ast, const SEND = 1
pkg go/ast, const Typ = 3
pkg go/ast, const Var = 4
pkg go/ast, func NewCommentMap(*token.FileSet, Node, []*CommentGroup) CommentMap
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) Comments() []*CommentGroup
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) Filter(Node) CommentMap
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) String() string
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) Update(Node, Node) Node

# CL 122960043 encoding/xml: add InputOffset method to Decoder, Russ Cox <******@****.***>
pkg encoding/xml, method (*Decoder) InputOffset() int64

# CL 124940043 cmd/go, go/build: implement import comment checking, Russ Cox <******@****.***>
pkg go/build, const ImportComment = 4
pkg go/build, const ImportComment ImportMode
pkg go/build, type Package struct, ImportComment string

pkg go/doc/comment, type DocLink struct, Recv string #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type DocLink struct, Text []Text #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Heading struct #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Heading struct, Text []Text #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Italic string #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Link struct #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Link struct, Auto bool #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Link struct, Text []Text #51082