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Generic Methods in Go 1.27

Go 1.27 adds method-level type parameters, allowing a method such as `func (n *Node[T]) Map[U any]() Node[U]` without requiring the receiver struct to carry `U`. The feature was delayed because generic methods cannot be expressed in interfaces—dynamic dispatch and runtime reflection conflict with compile-time monomorphization—so only concrete types can have generic methods.