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<h2 id="r59">r59 (released 2011/08/01)</h2>
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The r59 release corresponds to
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<code><a href="weekly.html#2011-07-07">weekly.2011-07-07</a></code>.
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This section highlights the most significant changes in this release.
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For a more detailed summary, see the
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<a href="weekly.html#2011-07-07">weekly release notes</a>.
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For complete information, see the
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<a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/list?r=release-branch.r59">Mercurial change list</a>.
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<h3 id="r59.lang">Language</h3>
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This release includes a language change that restricts the use of
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<code>goto</code>. In essence, a <code>goto</code> statement outside a block
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cannot jump to a label inside that block. Your code may require changes if it
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uses <code>goto</code>.
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See <a href="http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=dc6d3cf9279d">this
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changeset</a> for how the new rule affected the Go tree.
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<h3 id="r59.pkg">Packages</h3>
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As usual, <a href="/cmd/gofix/">gofix</a> will handle the bulk of the rewrites
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necessary for these changes to package APIs.
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<a href="/pkg/http">Package http</a> has a new
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<a href="/pkg/http/#FileSystem">FileSystem</a> interface that provides access
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to files. The <a href="/pkg/http/#FileServer">FileServer</a> helper now takes a
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<code>FileSystem</code> argument instead of an explicit file system root. By
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implementing your own <code>FileSystem</code> you can use the
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<code>FileServer</code> to serve arbitrary data.
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<a href="/pkg/os/">Package os</a>'s <code>ErrorString</code> type has been
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hidden. Most uses of <code>os.ErrorString</code> can be replaced with
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<a href="/pkg/os/#NewError">os.NewError</a>.
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<a href="/pkg/reflect/">Package reflect</a> supports a new struct tag scheme
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In this scheme, the tags must be of the form:
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`key:"value" key2:"value2"`
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The <a href="/pkg/reflect/#StructField">StructField</a> type's Tag field now
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has type <a href="/pkg/reflect/#StructTag">StructTag</a>, which has a
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<code>Get</code> method. Clients of <a href="/pkg/json">json</a> and
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<a href="/pkg/xml">xml</a> will need to be updated. Code that says
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X int `json:"name"` // or `xml:"name"`
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changed to use the new syntax.
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<a href="/pkg/sort/">Package sort</a>'s <code>IntArray</code> type has been
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renamed to <a href="/pkg/sort/#IntSlice">IntSlice</a>, and similarly for
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<a href="/pkg/sort/#Float64Slice">Float64Slice</a> and
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<a href="/pkg/strings/">Package strings</a>'s <code>Split</code> function has
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<code>SplitN</code> is the same as the old <code>Split</code>.
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The new <code>Split</code> is equivalent to <code>SplitN</code> with a final
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<a href="/pkg/image/draw/">Package image/draw</a>'s
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<a href="/pkg/image/draw/#Draw">Draw</a> function now takes an additional
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If in doubt, use <a href="/pkg/image/draw/#Op">draw.Over</a>.
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