providing finer-grained control.
    </p>
  </dd>
</dl><!-- testing/slogtest -->

<h2 id="ports">Ports</h2>

<h3 id="darwin">Darwin</h3>
<p><!-- CL 461697 -->
  On macOS on 64-bit x86 architecture (the <code>darwin/amd64</code> port),
  the Go toolchain now generates position-independent executables (PIE) by default.
  Non-PIE binaries can be generated by specifying the <code>-buildmode=exe</code>
  build flag.

it is a <a href="#Type_definitions">defined type</a>.
</p>

<h3 id="Numeric_types">Numeric types</h3>

<p>
A <i>numeric type</i> represents sets of integer or floating-point values.
The predeclared architecture-independent numeric types are:
</p>

<pre class="grammar">
uint8       the set of all unsigned  8-bit integers (0 to 255)
uint16      the set of all unsigned 16-bit integers (0 to 65535)

<p>
An <i>integer</i>, <i>floating-point</i>, or <i>complex</i> type
represents the set of integer, floating-point, or complex values, respectively.
They are collectively called <i>numeric types</i>.
The predeclared architecture-independent numeric types are:
</p>

<pre class="grammar">
uint8       the set of all unsigned  8-bit integers (0 to 255)
uint16      the set of all unsigned 16-bit integers (0 to 65535)

the offsets being used to access them are correct.
</p>

<h2 id="architectures">Architecture-specific details</h2>

<p>
It is impractical to list all the instructions and other details for each machine.
To see what instructions are defined for a given machine, say ARM,
look in the source for the <code>obj</code> support library for
that architecture, located in the directory <code>src/cmd/internal/obj/arm</code>.