"Path": "/ref/spec"
}-->

<h2 id="Introduction">Introduction</h2>

<p>
This is the reference manual for the Go programming language.
The pre-Go1.18 version, without generics, can be found
<a href="/doc/go1.17_spec.html">here</a>.
For more information and other documents, see <a href="/">go.dev</a>.
</p>

<p>
Go is a general-purpose language designed with systems programming

pkg go/build/constraint, type SyntaxError struct, Offset int
pkg go/build/constraint, type TagExpr struct
pkg go/build/constraint, type TagExpr struct, Tag string
pkg html/template, func ParseFS(fs.FS, ...string) (*Template, error)
pkg html/template, method (*Template) ParseFS(fs.FS, ...string) (*Template, error)
pkg io, func NopCloser(Reader) ReadCloser
pkg io, func ReadAll(Reader) ([]uint8, error)