DRAFT RELEASE NOTES — Introduction to Go 1.22

Go 1.22 is not yet released. These are work-in-progress release notes. Go 1.22 is expected to be released in February 2024.

Changes to the language

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Tools

Go command

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Cgo

The special comment that precedes import "C" may now include two new #cgo directives.

• #cgo noescape cFunctionName tells cgo that Go pointers passed to the C function cFunctionName do not escape.
• #cgo nocallback cFunctionName tells cgo that the C function cFunctionName does not call any Go functions.

Runtime

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Compiler

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Linker

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Core library

Minor changes to the library

As always, there are various minor changes and updates to the library, made with the Go 1 promise of compatibility in mind. There are also various performance improvements, not enumerated here.

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database/sql

The new Null[T] type provide a way to scan nullable columns for any column types.

reflect

The Value.IsZero method will now return true for a floating-point or complex negative zero, and will return true for a struct value if a blank field (a field named _) somehow has a non-zero value. These changes make IsZero consistent with comparing a value to zero using the language == operator.

Ports

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