Consequently, taking the address of an empty slice or map composite literal
does not have the same effect as allocating a new slice or map value with
<a href="#Allocation">new</a>.
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p1 := &amp;[]int{}    // p1 points to an initialized, empty slice with value []int{} and length 0
p2 := new([]int)  // p2 points to an uninitialized slice with value nil and length 0
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<p>

	A5 = func(x int, _ float64) *[]string

	B0 A0
	B1 []string
	B2 struct{ a, b int }
	B3 struct{ a, c int }
	B4 func(int, float64) *B0
	B5 func(x int, y float64) *A1

	C0 = B0
	D0[P1, P2 any] struct{ x P1; y P2 }
	E0 = D0[int, string]
)
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<p>
these types are identical:
</p>

<pre>
A0, A1, and []string
A2 and struct{ a, b int }
A3 and int