Hello Go gurus,

I think there is some ambiguity in the language spec about what happens 
when a map entry is updated during iteration. Quoting the spec 
(https://go.dev/ref/spec#For_range):

3. The iteration order over maps is not specified and is not guaranteed to 
be the same from one iteration to the next. If a map entry that has not yet 
been reached is removed during iteration, the corresponding iteration value 
will not be produced. If a map entry is created during iteration, that 
entry may be produced during the iteration or may be skipped. The choice 
may vary for each entry created and from one iteration to the next. If the 
map is nil, the number of iterations is 0.

As per my read of the spec, there is no guarantee about what happens when 
you update a map key in-place.

For example, is this program guaranteed to print "1 
1"? https://go.dev/play/p/PeBEXKp1deH

Apologies if I just missed some other part of the spec that ensures this.

Thanks in advance for your time,
Kevin

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