(at least not without direct knowledge of the precise behavior of <code>f</code>):
</p>

<pre>
f()
i := *p
*q = 1
</pre>

<p>
If the call never returned, then once again the original program
would never access <code>*p</code> or <code>*q</code>, but the rewritten program would.
And if the call contained synchronizing operations, then the original program

      The "stopping" metrics report the time taken from deciding to stop the
      world until all goroutines are stopped.
      The "total" metrics report the time taken from deciding to stop the world
      until it is started again.
    </p>

    <p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/63340 -->
      The <code>/gc/pauses:seconds</code> metric is deprecated, as it is
      equivalent to the new <code>/sched/pauses/total/gc:seconds</code> metric.
    </p>

signature for a function implemented outside Go, such as an assembly routine.
</p>

<pre>
func min(x int, y int) int {
	if x &lt; y {
		return x
	}
	return y
}

func flushICache(begin, end uintptr)  // implemented externally
</pre>

<h3 id="Method_declarations">Method declarations</h3>

<p>
A method is a <a href="#Function_declarations">function</a> with a <i>receiver</i>.

A function declaration without type parameters may omit the body.
Such a declaration provides the signature for a function implemented outside Go,
such as an assembly routine.
</p>

<pre>
func flushICache(begin, end uintptr)  // implemented externally
</pre>

<h3 id="Method_declarations">Method declarations</h3>

<p>
A method is a <a href="#Function_declarations">function</a> with a <i>receiver</i>.

If you need to use a missing instruction, there are two ways to proceed.
One is to update the assembler to support that instruction, which is straightforward
but only worthwhile if it's likely the instruction will be used again.
Instead, for simple one-off cases, it's possible to use the <code>BYTE</code>
and <code>WORD</code> directives
to lay down explicit data into the instruction stream within a <code>TEXT</code>.