Golang 1.19: What is new?

What is new in Golang 1.19? Compared to the 1.18 release there are no changes to the language but rather additions to the runtime, libraries and toolchain. The are lot of features but there four I want to call out:

■ Doc comments
■ Vet error
■ Atomic types
■ flag.TextVar

■ Examples: https://github.com/MarioCarrion/videos/tree/b18be1a33f92d93777d30f704000cef569e250cc/2022/08

== Installing

■ https://go.dev/dl/#go1.19
■ https://go.dev/doc/go1.19
■ MacOS https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/107165
■ “go install” https://twitter.com/golang/status/1554515292390408192

== All Go/Golang Playlists

■ Software Architecture in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_GCd12Lrv_evJ3Zhv1dl8B-
■ Building Microservices in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_Fn8sAXIk0WyBfK_sT1pohu
■ Go/Golang Tools and Packages: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_HEEOvH99agDs_5g51A0Ls3
■ Learning Concurrency Patterns in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_Fhj_px_DzNzTsXs-mRwv1t
■ Learning Go/Golang : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_F7bOImcjx4ZnCtfyNEqzCy
■ Learning Relational Databases in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_EgwoQTvNUflrYL_4qzdB7f
■ Testing in Go/Golang: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7yAAGMOat_HSeW4zF0uRL9EaHadE4ZZq

00:00 – Intro Golang 1.19
00:10 – How to install
00:57 – Godoc / Documentation / Markdown
03:19 – go vet errors.As validation
04:42 – Atomic types in sync/atomic
05:46 – flag.TextVar
07:27 – Conclusion

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