The package remains frozen to most new functionality, and new code remains encouraged to use <a href="/pkg/golang.org/x/sys/unix"><code>golang.org/x/sys/unix</code></a> or <a href="/pkg/golang.org/x/sys/windows"><code>golang.org/x/sys/windows</code></a> where possible.
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The document is not comprehensive.
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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