As of Go 1.22, <code>math/rand</code>'s top-level functions (when not explicitly seeded)
and the Go runtime also use ChaCha8 for randomness.
</ul>

<p>
We plan to include an API migration tool in a future release, likely Go 1.23.
</p>

<h3 id="go/version">New go/version package</h3>

<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/62039, https://go.dev/cl/538895 -->

as a numeric constant: <code>\x</code> followed by exactly two hexadecimal
digits; <code>\u</code> followed by exactly four hexadecimal digits;
<code>\U</code> followed by exactly eight hexadecimal digits, and a
plain backslash <code>\</code> followed by exactly three octal digits.
In each case the value of the literal is the value represented by
the digits in the corresponding base.
</p>

<p>

as a numeric constant: <code>\x</code> followed by exactly two hexadecimal
digits; <code>\u</code> followed by exactly four hexadecimal digits;
<code>\U</code> followed by exactly eight hexadecimal digits, and a
plain backslash <code>\</code> followed by exactly three octal digits.
In each case the value of the literal is the value represented by
the digits in the corresponding base.
</p>

<p>

The document is not comprehensive.
</p>

<p>
The assembler is based on the input style of the Plan 9 assemblers, which is documented in detail
<a href="https://9p.io/sys/doc/asm.html">elsewhere</a>.
If you plan to write assembly language, you should read that document although much of it is Plan 9-specific.
The current document provides a summary of the syntax and the differences with
what is explained in that document, and