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@ -54,7 +54,36 @@ TODO
<h3 id="return">Return requirements</h3>
<p>
TODO
Before Go 1.1, a function that returned a value needed an explicit "return"
or call to <code>panic</code> at
the end of the function; this was a simple way to make the programmer
be explicit about the meaning of the function. But there are many cases
where a final "return" is clearly unnecessary, such as a function with
only an infinite "for" loop.
</p>
<p>
In Go 1.1, the rule about final "return" statements is more permissive.
It introduces the concept of a
<a href="/ref/spec/#Terminating_statements"><em>terminating statement</em></a>,
a statement that is guaranteed to be the last one a function executes.
Examples include
"for" loops with no condition and "if-else"
statements in which each half ends in a "return".
If the final statement of a function can be shown <em>syntactically</em> to
be a terminating statement, no final "return" statement is needed.
</p>
<p>
Note that the rule is purely syntactic: it pays no attention to the values in the
code and therefore requires no complex analysis.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>: The change is backward-compatible, but existing code
with superfluous "return" statements and calls to <code>panic</code> may
be simplified manually.
Such code can be identified by <code>go vet</code>.
</p>
<h2 id="impl">Changes to the implementations and tools</h2>
@ -338,7 +367,7 @@ The <a href="/pkg/reflect/"><code>reflect</code></a> package has several signifi
</p>
<p>
It is now possible to run a <code>select</code> statement using
It is now possible to run a "select" statement using
the <code>reflect</code> package; see the description of
<a href="/pkg/reflect/#Select"><code>Select</code></a>
and