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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 go1.9
+
+package syncmap
+
+import "sync" // home to the standard library's sync.map implementation as of Go 1.9
+
+// Map is a concurrent map with amortized-constant-time loads, stores, and deletes.
+// It is safe for multiple goroutines to call a Map's methods concurrently.
+//
+// The zero Map is valid and empty.
+//
+// A Map must not be copied after first use.
+type Map = sync.Map