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pkg go/ast, type CommClause struct, Colon token.Pos
pkg go/ast, type CommClause struct, Comm Stmt
pkg go/ast, type Comment struct
pkg go/ast, type Comment struct, Slash token.Pos
pkg go/ast, type Comment struct, Text string
pkg go/ast, type CommentGroup struct
pkg go/ast, type CommentGroup struct, List []*Comment
pkg go/ast, type CompositeLit struct
pkg go/ast, type CompositeLit struct, Elts []Expr

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pkg go/ast, const RECV = 2
pkg go/ast, const SEND = 1
pkg go/ast, const Typ = 3
pkg go/ast, const Var = 4
pkg go/ast, func NewCommentMap(*token.FileSet, Node, []*CommentGroup) CommentMap
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) Comments() []*CommentGroup
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) Filter(Node) CommentMap
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) String() string
pkg go/ast, method (CommentMap) Update(Node, Node) Node

# CL 122960043 encoding/xml: add InputOffset method to Decoder, Russ Cox <******@****.***>
pkg encoding/xml, method (*Decoder) InputOffset() int64

# CL 124940043 cmd/go, go/build: implement import comment checking, Russ Cox <******@****.***>
pkg go/build, const ImportComment = 4
pkg go/build, const ImportComment ImportMode
pkg go/build, type Package struct, ImportComment string

pkg go/doc/comment, type DocLink struct, Recv string #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type DocLink struct, Text []Text #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Heading struct #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Heading struct, Text []Text #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Italic string #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Link struct #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Link struct, Auto bool #51082
pkg go/doc/comment, type Link struct, Text []Text #51082