From b47cef394b779b647dd033895dd13445451c77c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:50:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] path/filepath: note that SplitList is different from
 strings.Split

R=golang-dev, r, bradfitz, gustavo
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5712044
---
 src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
index f468d33264b..cfe46981f13 100644
--- a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
+++ b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func FromSlash(path string) string {
 
 // SplitList splits a list of paths joined by the OS-specific ListSeparator,
 // usually found in PATH or GOPATH environment variables.
+// Unlike strings.Split, SplitList returns an empty slice when passed an empty string.
 func SplitList(path string) []string {
 	if path == "" {
 		return []string{}