A slice created with <code>make</code> always allocates a new, hidden array
to which the returned slice value refers. That is, executing
</p>

<pre>
make([]T, length, capacity)
</pre>

<p>
produces the same slice as allocating an array and <a href="#Slice_expressions">slicing</a>
it, so these two expressions are equivalent:
</p>

<pre>
make([]int, 50, 100)
new([100]int)[0:50]
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A slice created with <code>make</code> always allocates a new, hidden array
to which the returned slice value refers. That is, executing
</p>

<pre>
make([]T, length, capacity)
</pre>

<p>
produces the same slice as allocating an array and <a href="#Slice_expressions">slicing</a>
it, so these two expressions are equivalent:
</p>

<pre>
make([]int, 50, 100)
new([100]int)[0:50]
</pre>