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@@ -2528,8 +2528,9 @@ For operations involving constants only, see the section on
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-In a channel send, the first operand is always a channel and the
-second is a value of the channel's element type.
+In a channel send, the first operand is always a channel and the second
+must be a value <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a>
+with the channel's element type.
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