A function declaration without type parameters may omit the body.
Such a declaration provides the signature for a function implemented outside Go,
such as an assembly routine.
</p>

<pre>
func flushICache(begin, end uintptr)  // implemented externally
</pre>

<h3 id="Method_declarations">Method declarations</h3>

<p>
A method is a <a href="#Function_declarations">function</a> with a <i>receiver</i>.

	if arm64SpecialOperand == nil {
		// Generate the mapping automatically when the first time the function is called.
		arm64SpecialOperand = map[string]arm64.SpecialOperand{}
		for opd := arm64.SPOP_BEGIN; opd < arm64.SPOP_END; opd++ {
			arm64SpecialOperand[opd.String()] = opd
		}

		// Handle some special cases.
		specialMapping := map[string]arm64.SpecialOperand{