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diff --git a/doc/next/3-tools.md b/doc/next/3-tools.md index bdbe6c0771..c052f3b084 100644 --- a/doc/next/3-tools.md +++ b/doc/next/3-tools.md @@ -8,5 +8,19 @@ Distributions that install the `go` command to a location other than `$GOROOT/bin/go` should install a symlink instead of relocating or copying the `go` binary. +### Vet {#vet} + +The `go vet` subcommand now includes the +[stdversion](https://beta.pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/stdversion) +analyzer, which flags references to symbols that are too new for the version +of Go in effect in the referring file. (The effective version is determined +by the `go` directive in the file's enclosing `go.mod` file, and +by any [`//go:build` constraints](https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Build_constraints) +in the file.) + +For example, it will report a diagnostic for a reference to the +`reflect.TypeFor` function (introduced in go1.22) from a file in a +module whose go.mod file specifies `go 1.21`. + ### Cgo {#cgo} |