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

<p>
This is the reference manual for the Go programming language.
For more information and other documents, see <a href="/">go.dev</a>.
</p>

<p>
Go is a general-purpose language designed with systems programming

pkg go/token, const COLON Token
pkg go/token, const COMMA Token
pkg go/token, const COMMENT Token
pkg go/token, const CONST Token
pkg go/token, const CONTINUE Token
pkg go/token, const DEC Token
pkg go/token, const DEFAULT Token
pkg go/token, const DEFER Token
pkg go/token, const DEFINE Token
pkg go/token, const ELLIPSIS Token
pkg go/token, const ELSE Token
pkg go/token, const EOF Token

pkg go/token, const CHAR = 8
pkg go/token, const COLON = 58
pkg go/token, const COMMA = 52
pkg go/token, const COMMENT = 2
pkg go/token, const CONST = 64
pkg go/token, const CONTINUE = 65
pkg go/token, const DEC = 38
pkg go/token, const DEFAULT = 66
pkg go/token, const DEFER = 67
pkg go/token, const DEFINE = 47
pkg go/token, const ELLIPSIS = 48
pkg go/token, const ELSE = 68
pkg go/token, const EOF = 1