in an unspecified order.
This means that races on multiword data structures
can lead to inconsistent values not corresponding to a single write.
When the values depend on the consistency
of internal (pointer, length) or (pointer, type) pairs,
as can be the case for interface values, maps,
slices, and strings in most Go implementations,
such races can in turn lead to arbitrary memory corruption.
</p>

<p>

</p>

<pre>
p1 := &amp;[]int{}    // p1 points to an initialized, empty slice with value []int{} and length 0
p2 := new([]int)  // p2 points to an uninitialized slice with value nil and length 0
</pre>

<p>
The length of an array literal is the length specified in the literal type.
If fewer elements than the length are provided in the literal, the missing
elements are set to the zero value for the array element type.

<p>
Storage-and-storage instructions such as <code>MVC</code> and <code>XC</code> are written
with the length as the first argument.
For example, <code>XC</code> <code>$8,</code> <code>(R9),</code> <code>(R9)</code> would clear
eight bytes at the address specified in <code>R9</code>.
</p>

<p>
If a vector instruction takes a length or an index as an argument then it will be the
first argument.

</p>

<pre>
p1 := &amp;[]int{}    // p1 points to an initialized, empty slice with value []int{} and length 0
p2 := new([]int)  // p2 points to an uninitialized slice with value nil and length 0
</pre>

<p>
The length of an array literal is the length specified in the literal type.
If fewer elements than the length are provided in the literal, the missing
elements are set to the zero value for the array element type.