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@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ We therefore recommend that composite literals whose type is defined
in a separate package should use the tagged notation.
</li>
+<li>
+Dot imports. If a program imports a standard package
+using <code>import . "path"</code>, additional names defined in the
+imported package in future releases may conflict with other names
+defined in the program. We do not recommend the use of <code>import .</code>
+outside of tests, and using it may cause a program to fail
+to compile in future releases.
+</li>
+
</ul>
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