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 * A {@link List} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties detailed at
 * {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @see ImmutableMap
 * @see ImmutableSet
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
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 *   <li>A {@code Range} is serializable if it has no bounds, or if each bound is serializable.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>Further reading</h3>
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/RangesExplained">{@code Range}</a>.
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 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 10.0
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@GwtCompatible

 * {@link com.google.common.util.concurrent.AtomicLongMap} instead. Note, however, that unlike
 * {@code Multiset}, {@code AtomicLongMap} does not automatically remove zeros.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multiset">{@code Multiset}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

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---
title: "Go, Backwards Compatibility, and GODEBUG"
layout: article
---

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This document is kept in the Go repo, not x/website,
because it documents the full list of known GODEBUG settings,
which are tied to a specific release.
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## Introduction {#intro}

Go's emphasis on backwards compatibility is one of its key strengths.
There are, however, times when we cannot maintain complete compatibility.

 * implementations, synchronization is unnecessary between a thread that writes to one cell and a
 * thread that reads from another.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#table">{@code Table}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * {@code HashBiMap} and its inverse are both serializable.
 *
 * <p>This implementation guarantees insertion-based iteration order of its keys.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#bimap">{@code BiMap} </a>.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

 * of a {@code ImmutableSetMultimap} in a way that affects its {@link Object#equals} behavior.
 * Undefined behavior and bugs will result.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Mike Ward
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)