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diff --git a/design/generics-implementation-gcshape.md b/design/generics-implementation-gcshape.md index 4fc82ef..d1b2d17 100644 --- a/design/generics-implementation-gcshape.md +++ b/design/generics-implementation-gcshape.md @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ # Generics implementation - GC Shape Stenciling -This document describes a method to implement the [Go generics proposal](https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/design/go2draft-type-parameters.md) by stenciling the code for each different *GC shape* of the instantiated types, and using a *dictionary* to handle differing behaviors of types that have the same shape. +This document describes a method to implement the [Go generics proposal](https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/design/go2draft-type-parameters.md) by stenciling the code for each different *GC shape* of the instantiated types, and using a *dictionary* to handle differing behaviors of types that have the same shape. + +A more detailed and up-to-date description of the actual implementation released +in Go 1.18 is given in [this document](https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/generics-implementation-dictionaries-go1.18.md This proposal is middle ground between the [Generics Implementation - Stenciling](https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/design/generics-implementation-stenciling.md) and [Generics Implementation - Dictionaries](https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/refs/heads/master/design/generics-implementation-dictionaries.md) proposals. |