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# Go

## Go Attributes

This document defines Go related attributes.

| Attribute        | Type   | Description         | Examples         | Stability                                                        |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `go.memory.type` | string | The type of memory. | `other`; `stack` | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |

`go.memory.type` has the following list of well-known values. If one of them applies, then the respective value MUST be used; otherwise, a custom value MAY be used.

| Value   | Description                                                                                                 | Stability                                                        |
| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `other` | Memory used by the Go runtime, excluding other categories of memory usage described in this enumeration.    | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |
| `stack` | Memory allocated from the heap that is reserved for stack space, whether or not it is currently in-use. [1] | ![Experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/-experimental-blue) |

**[1]:** Computed from `/memory/classes/heap/stacks:bytes`.
