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No, it does not. Packages can compile using 1.22 and gain other benefits without opting into this change.

Ah, I didn't see the part about //go:build

Without /:go:build tags, you can just define 1.21 as your Go version in go.mod to opt out of new features while getting other benefits of the new compiler

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