in an unspecified order.
This means that races on multiword data structures
can lead to inconsistent values not corresponding to a single write.
When the values depend on the consistency
of internal (pointer, length) or (pointer, type) pairs,
as can be the case for interface values, maps,
slices, and strings in most Go implementations,
such races can in turn lead to arbitrary memory corruption.
</p>

<p>

an OS- and architecture-dependent macro <code>get_tls</code> for accessing this register.
The <code>get_tls</code> macro takes one argument, which is the register to load the
<code>g</code> pointer into.
</p>

<p>
For example, the sequence to load <code>g</code> and <code>m</code>
using <code>CX</code> looks like this:
</p>

<pre>
#include "go_tls.h"
#include "go_asm.h"
...
get_tls(CX)

type is a <a href="#Type_parameter_declarations">type parameter</a> with an empty
<a href="#Interface_types">type set</a>. Functions with such type parameters
cannot be <a href="#Instantiations">instantiated</a>; any attempt will lead
to an error at the instantiation site.
</p>

<h3 id="Qualified_identifiers">Qualified identifiers</h3>

<p>
A <i>qualified identifier</i> is an identifier qualified with a package name prefix.