These examples show when a Go implementation can use that instruction:
</p>

<pre>
// FMA allowed for computing r, because x*y is not explicitly rounded:
r  = x*y + z
r  = z;   r += x*y
t  = x*y; r = t + z
*p = x*y; r = *p + z
r  = x*y + float64(z)

// FMA disallowed for computing r, because it would omit rounding of x*y:
r  = float64(x*y) + z
r  = z; r += float64(x*y)
t  = float64(x*y); r = t + z

as C.stdout, or functions such as C.putchar.

If the import of "C" is immediately preceded by a comment, that
comment, called the preamble, is used as a header when compiling
the C parts of the package. For example:

	// #include <stdio.h>
	// #include <errno.h>
	import "C"

The preamble may contain any C code, including function and variable

These examples show when a Go implementation can use that instruction:
</p>

<pre>
// FMA allowed for computing r, because x*y is not explicitly rounded:
r  = x*y + z
r  = z;   r += x*y
t  = x*y; r = t + z
*p = x*y; r = *p + z
r  = x*y + float64(z)

// FMA disallowed for computing r, because it would omit rounding of x*y:
r  = float64(x*y) + z
r  = z; r += float64(x*y)
t  = float64(x*y); r = t + z

	TypeXHeader = 'x'

	// Type 'g' is used by the PAX format to store key-value records that
	// are relevant to all subsequent files.
	// This package only supports parsing and composing such headers,
	// but does not currently support persisting the global state across files.
	TypeXGlobalHeader = 'g'

	// Type 'S' indicates a sparse file in the GNU format.
	TypeGNUSparse = 'S'

controlling whether `panic(nil)` is allowed;
it defaults to `panicnil=0`, making `panic(nil)` a run-time error.
Using `panicnil=1` restores the behavior of Go 1.20 and earlier.

When compiling a work module or workspace that declares
an older Go version, the Go toolchain amends its defaults
to match that older Go version as closely as possible.
For example, when a Go 1.21 toolchain compiles a program,

	fmt.Printf("%s\n", clone)
	clone[0] = 'd'
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", b)
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", clone)
	// Output:
	// abc
	// abc
	// dbc
}

func ExampleCompare() {
	// Interpret Compare's result by comparing it to zero.
	var a, b []byte
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) < 0 {
		// a less b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) <= 0 {
		// a less or equal b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) > 0 {
		// a greater b
	}

the value in the form of a `Handle[T]`.
Two `Handle[T]` are equal if and only if the values used to produce the
handles are equal, allowing programs to deduplicate values and reduce
their memory footprint.
Comparing two `Handle[T]` values is efficient, reducing down to a simple

// A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.
func Equal(a, b []byte) bool {
	// Neither cmd/compile nor gccgo allocates for these string conversions.
	return string(a) == string(b)
}

// Compare returns an integer comparing two byte slices lexicographically.
// The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b.
// A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.
func Compare(a, b []byte) int {
	return bytealg.Compare(a, b)
}

	if tok == '>' {
		isStatic = true
	} else if tok == scanner.Ident {
		abistr := p.get(scanner.Ident).String()
		if !p.allowABI {
			if issueError {
				p.errorf("ABI selector only permitted when compiling runtime, reference was to %q", name)
			}
		} else {
			theabi, valid := obj.ParseABI(abistr)
			if !valid {
				if issueError {
					p.errorf("malformed ABI selector %q in reference to %q",

	pattern=.
fi

./make.bash || exit 1
GOROOT="$(cd .. && pwd)"

gettargets() {
	../bin/go tool dist list | sed -e 's|/|-|' |
		grep -E -v '^(android|ios)' # need C toolchain even for cross-compiling
	echo linux-arm-arm5
}

selectedtargets() {
	gettargets | grep -E "$pattern"
}

# put linux first in the target list to get all the architectures up front.
linux_targets() {