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<h2 id="introduction">DRAFT RELEASE NOTES — Introduction to Go 1.18</h2>

<p>
  <strong>
    Go 1.18 is not yet released. These are work-in-progress
    release notes. Go 1.18 is expected to be released in February 2022.
  </strong>
</p>

<h2 id="language">Changes to the language</h2>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section
</p>

<h2 id="ports">Ports</h2>

<p id="freebsd">
  Go 1.18 is the last release that is supported on FreeBSD 11.x, which has
  already reached end-of-life. Go 1.19 will require FreeBSD 12.2+ or FreeBSD
  13.0+.
  FreeBSD 13.0+ will require a kernel with the COMPAT_FREEBSD12 option set (this is the default).
</p>

<h2 id="tools">Tools</h2>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section, or delete if not needed
</p>

<h3 id="go-command">Go command</h3>

<p><!-- golang.org/issue/43684 -->
  <code>go</code> <code>get</code> no longer builds or installs packages in
  module-aware mode. <code>go</code> <code>get</code> is now dedicated to
  adjusting dependencies in <code>go.mod</code>. Effectively, the
  <code>-d</code> flag is always enabled. To install the latest version
  of an executable outside the context of the current module, use
  <a href="https://golang.org/ref/mod#go-install"><code>go</code>
  <code>install</code> <code>example.com/cmd@latest</code></a>. Any
  <a href="https://golang.org/ref/mod#version-queries">version query</a>
  may be used instead of <code>latest</code>. This form of <code>go</code>
  <code>install</code> was added in Go 1.16, so projects supporting older
  versions may need to provide install instructions for both <code>go</code>
  <code>install</code> and <code>go</code> <code>get</code>. <code>go</code>
  <code>get</code> now reports an error when used outside a module, since there
  is no <code>go.mod</code> file to update. In GOPATH mode (with
  <code>GO111MODULE=off</code>), <code>go</code> <code>get</code> still builds
  and installs packages, as before.
</p>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section, or delete if not needed
</p>

<h3 id="gofmt"><code>gofmt</code></h3>

<p><!-- https://golang.org/issue/43566 -->
  <code>gofmt</code> now reads and formats input files concurrently, with a
  memory limit proportional to <code>GOMAXPROCS</code>. On a machine with
  multiple CPUs, gofmt should now be significantly faster.
</p>


<h2 id="runtime">Runtime</h2>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section, or delete if not needed
</p>

<h2 id="compiler">Compiler</h2>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section, or delete if not needed
</p>

<h2 id="linker">Linker</h2>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section, or delete if not needed
</p>

<h2 id="library">Core library</h2>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section
</p>

<h3 id="minor_library_changes">Minor changes to the library</h3>

<p>
  As always, there are various minor changes and updates to the library,
  made with the Go 1 <a href="/doc/go1compat">promise of compatibility</a>
  in mind.
</p>

<p>
  TODO: complete this section
</p>

<dl id="image/draw"><dt><a href="/pkg/image/draw/">image/draw</a></dt>
  <dd>
    <p><!-- CL 340049 -->
      The <code>Draw</code> and <code>DrawMask</code> fallback implementations
      (used when the arguments are not the most common image types) are now
      faster when those arguments implement the optional
      <a href="/pkg/image/draw/#RGBA64Image"><code>draw.RGBA64Image</code></a>
      and <a href="/pkg/image/#RGBA64Image"><code>image.RGBA64Image</code></a>
      interfaces that were added in Go 1.17.
    </p>
  </dd>
</dl><!-- image/draw -->

<dl id="syscall"><dt><a href="/pkg/syscall/">syscall</a></dt>
  <dd>
    <p><!-- CL 336550 -->
      The new function <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#SyscallN"><code>SyscallN</code></a>
      has been introduced for Windows, allowing for calls with arbitrary number
      of arguments. As results,
      <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#Syscall"><code>Syscall</code></a>,
      <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#Syscall6"><code>Syscall6</code></a>,
      <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#Syscall9"><code>Syscall9</code></a>,
      <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#Syscall12"><code>Syscall12</code></a>,
      <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#Syscall15"><code>Syscall15</code></a>, and
      <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#Syscall18"><code>Syscall18</code></a> are
      deprecated in favor of <a href="/pkg/syscall/?GOOS=windows#SyscallN"><code>SyscallN</code></a>.
    </p>
  </dd>
</dl><!-- syscall -->