- `kubectl convert`, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.17.
  - The `--export` flag for the `kubectl get` command, deprecated since v1.14, will be removed in v1.18.
  - `kubectl cp` no longer supports copying symbolic links from containers; to support this use case, see `kubectl exec --help` for examples using `tar` directly ([#82143](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82143), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))

- `kubectl debug` gains support for changing container images when copying a pod for debugging, similar to how `kubectl set image` works. See `kubectl help debug` for more information. ([#96058](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96058), [@verb](https://github.com/verb)) [SIG CLI]

create a map with initial space to hold <code>n</code> map elements.
The precise behavior is implementation-dependent.
</p>


<h3 id="Appending_and_copying_slices">Appending to and copying slices</h3>

<p>
The built-in functions <code>append</code> and <code>copy</code> assist in
common slice operations.
For both functions, the result is independent of whether the memory referenced

- Report cp errors consistently, providing full message whether copying to or from a pod.  ([#77010](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/77010), [@soltysh](https://github.com/soltysh))
- Preserved existing namespace information in manifests when running `

* Add RBAC support to fluentd-elasticsearch cluster addon ([#46203](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46203), [@simt2](https://github.com/simt2))
* Avoid redundant copying of tars during kube-up for gce if the same file already exists ([#46792](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/46792), [@ianchakeres](https://github.com/ianchakeres))

* Add limitrange/resourcequota/downward_api  e2e tests for local ephemeral storage ([#52523](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/52523), [@NickrenREN](https://github.com/NickrenREN))
* Support copying "options" in resolv.conf into pod sandbox when dnsPolicy is Default ([#54773](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/54773), [@phsiao](https://github.com/phsiao))

so they can only appear in <a href="#Calls">call expressions</a>;
they cannot be used as function values.
</p>


<h3 id="Appending_and_copying_slices">Appending to and copying slices</h3>

<p>
The built-in functions <code>append</code> and <code>copy</code> assist in
common slice operations.
For both functions, the result is independent of whether the memory referenced

pkg index/suffixarray, method (*Index) Read(io.Reader) error
pkg index/suffixarray, method (*Index) Write(io.Writer) error
pkg index/suffixarray, type Index struct
pkg io, func Copy(Writer, Reader) (int64, error)
pkg io, func CopyN(Writer, Reader, int64) (int64, error)
pkg io, func LimitReader(Reader, int64) Reader
pkg io, func MultiReader(...Reader) Reader
pkg io, func MultiWriter(...Writer) Writer