"Subtitle": "Version of Oct 15, 2021",
	"Path": "/ref/spec"
}-->

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

<p>
This is the reference manual for the Go programming language as it was for
language version 1.17, in October 2021, before the introduction of generics.
It is provided for historical interest.
The current reference manual can be found <a href="/doc/go_spec.html">here</a>.

<!--{
	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
	"Subtitle": "Language version go1.22 (April 25, 2024)",
	"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>

			if !ok {
				ast2.Decls[w] = decl
				w++
				continue
			}
			ws := 0
			for _, spec := range d.Specs {
				s, ok := spec.(*ast.ImportSpec)
				if !ok || s.Path.Value != `"C"` {
					d.Specs[ws] = spec
					ws++
				}
			}
			if ws == 0 {
				continue
			}
			d.Specs = d.Specs[0:ws]
			ast2.Decls[w] = d
			w++
		}
		ast2.Decls = ast2.Decls[0:w]
	} else {

    validations:
      required: true

  - type: textarea
    id: language-spec-changes
    attributes:
      label: "Language Spec Changes"
      description: "What would change in the language spec?"
    validations:
      required: false

  - type: textarea
    id: informal-change
    attributes:
      label: "Informal Change"

		{-1350244992, -23960108, "-1350244992.023960108"},
	}

	for _, v := range vectors {
		got := formatPAXTime(time.Unix(v.sec, v.nsec))
		if got != v.want {
			t.Errorf("formatPAXTime(%ds, %dns): got %q, want %q",
				v.sec, v.nsec, got, v.want)
		}
	}
}

func TestParsePAXRecord(t *testing.T) {
	medName := strings.Repeat("CD", 50)
	longName := strings.Repeat("AB", 100)

					},

					// func nanotime1() int64
					"runtime.nanotime1": (sp) => {
						sp >>>= 0;
						setInt64(sp + 8, (timeOrigin + performance.now()) * 1000000);
					},

					// func walltime() (sec int64, nsec int32)
					"runtime.walltime": (sp) => {
						sp >>>= 0;
						const msec = (new Date).getTime();
						setInt64(sp + 8, msec / 1000);
						this.mem.setInt32(sp + 16, (msec % 1000) * 1000000, true);

	{"asmcgocall<>(SB)", "asmcgocall<>(SB)"},
	{"ax+4(FP)", "ax+4(FP)"},
	{"ptime-12(SP)", "ptime-12(SP)"},
	{"runtime·_NtWaitForSingleObject(SB)", "runtime._NtWaitForSingleObject(SB)"},
	{"s(FP)", "s(FP)"},
	{"sec+4(FP)", "sec+4(FP)"},
	{"shifts<>(SB)(CX*8)", "shifts<>(SB)(CX*8)"},
	{"x+4(FP)", "x+4(FP)"},
	{"·AddUint32(SB)", "pkg.AddUint32(SB)"},
	{"·reflectcall(SB)", "pkg.reflectcall(SB)"},

pkg syscall (openbsd-386), type Termios struct, Oflag uint32
pkg syscall (openbsd-386), type Termios struct, Ospeed int32
pkg syscall (openbsd-386), type Timespec struct, Sec int64
pkg syscall (openbsd-386), type Timeval struct, Sec int64
pkg syscall (openbsd-386-cgo), const BIOCGRTIMEOUT = 1074545262
pkg syscall (openbsd-386-cgo), const BIOCSRTIMEOUT = 2148287085
pkg syscall (openbsd-386-cgo), const IPPROTO_DIVERT_INIT = 2

pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), type Timespec struct, Nsec int64
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), type Timespec struct, Sec int64
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), type Timeval struct, Pad_cgo_0 [4]uint8
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), type Timeval struct, Sec int64
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), type Timeval struct, Usec int32
pkg syscall (netbsd-arm64-cgo), type WaitStatus uint32

// (due to the printer possibly inserting newlines because of position
// information) operators.
var gofmtLineReplacer = strings.NewReplacer(
	// Want to replace \n without ; after everything from
	// https://golang.org/ref/spec#Operators_and_punctuation
	// EXCEPT ++ -- ) ] }
	"++\n", "++;",
	"--\n", "--;",

	"+\n", "+ ",
	"-\n", "- ",
	"*\n", "* ",
	"/\n", "/ ",
	"%\n", "% ",
	"&\n", "& ",
	"|\n", "| ",