“A method declaration may now declare its own type parameters, independent of the receiver’s.”
Generic methods finally land, seven years after generics were first argued about and four after they shipped half-finished. Size-specialized allocation cuts small allocation cost by up to 30%, which is the release note that actually shows up in production. JSON v2 graduates and there is a stdlib uuid package, so a decade of everyone importing google/uuid ends. The interactive format beats the official release notes, which is a low bar Go has never cleared.