Go 1.26 Is Released

3 months ago

Go 1.26 is released with binary archives and installers available on the download page.
Language changes include allowing the 'new' function to take an expression as its operand and enabling generic types to refer to themselves in their type parameter list.
Performance improvements feature the default enablement of the Green Tea garbage collector, a 30% reduction in cgo overhead, and better stack allocation for slices.
Tool improvements include a rewritten 'go fix' command with modernizers and an inline analyzer.
New experimental packages include 'simd/archsimd', 'runtime/secret', and a 'goroutineleak' profile in 'runtime/pprof'.
Three new standard library packages added: 'crypto/hpke', 'crypto/mlkem/mlkemtest', and 'testing/cryptotest'.
Encouragement for users to try experimental features and provide feedback for future versions of Go.

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