What is the primary purpose of the package main declaration?

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It identifies the code as belonging to the main package — the required starting point for an executable program — Every executable Go program must have a main package — it marks the entry point; library code uses other names. It doesn't import the standard library (that's import), isn't a build-config file, and sets no optimization flags.

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It imports all standard library packages so they can be used throughout the program

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It marks the file as the project's configuration file that controls build settings

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It tells the compiler to apply production-level optimizations when building the binary

What is the primary purpose of the package main declaration?

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