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+// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build !go1.12
+
+// This file is here to allow bodyless functions with go:linkname for Go 1.11
+// and earlier (see https://golang.org/issue/23311).