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@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ value to RGBA has become more precise.
Previously, the low 8 bits were just an echo of the high 8 bits;
now they contain more accurate information.
Because of the echo property of the old code, the operation
-uint8(r) to extract an 8-bit red vaue worked, but is incorrect.
+uint8(r) to extract an 8-bit red value worked, but is incorrect.
In Go 1.5, that operation may yield a different value.
The correct code is, and always was, to select the high 8 bits:
uint8(r>>8).