<dl id="os"><dt><a href="/pkg/os/">os</a></dt>
  <dd>
    <p><!-- CL 516555 -->
      On Windows, the <a href="/pkg/os#Stat"><code>Stat</code></a> function now follows all reparse points
      that link to another named entity in the system.
      It was previously only following <code>IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK</code> and
      <code>IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT</code> reparse points.
    </p>

    <p><!-- CL 541015 -->

field declaration. An empty tag string is equivalent to an absent tag.
The tags are made visible through a <a href="/pkg/reflect/#StructTag">reflection interface</a>
and take part in <a href="#Type_identity">type identity</a> for structs
but are otherwise ignored.
</p>

<pre>
struct {
	x, y float64 ""  // an empty tag string is like an absent tag
	name string  "any string is permitted as a tag"

field declaration. An empty tag string is equivalent to an absent tag.
The tags are made visible through a <a href="/pkg/reflect/#StructTag">reflection interface</a>
and take part in <a href="#Type_identity">type identity</a> for structs
but are otherwise ignored.
</p>

<pre>
struct {
	x, y float64 ""  // an empty tag string is like an absent tag
	name string  "any string is permitted as a tag"