The precise behavior is implementation-dependent.
</p>


<h3 id="Appending_and_copying_slices">Appending to and copying slices</h3>

<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.
</p>

<p>

they cannot be used as function values.
</p>


<h3 id="Appending_and_copying_slices">Appending to and copying slices</h3>

<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.
</p>

<p>