unlike ipv6, ::1/128, we may use any address in the ipv4 loopback address block 127.0.0.0/8. https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml
perhaps it might be better to keep the standard library away from the folklore like "127.0.0.1 is my address, stop using it." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
