<p>
The built-in functions <code>append</code> and <code>copy</code> assist in
common slice operations.
For both functions, the result is independent of whether the memory referenced
by the arguments overlaps.
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<p>
The <a href="#Function_types">variadic</a> function <code>append</code>
appends zero or more values <code>x</code> to a slice <code>s</code>