From c490bb6f81e5905962a2a8f7e26dd8db175a9d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:52:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gob: clarify the comments about installing the debug/dumper.

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/2789043
---
 src/pkg/gob/debug.go   | 3 ++-
 src/pkg/gob/decoder.go | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/gob/debug.go b/src/pkg/gob/debug.go
index 72645bdf075..cbd662d1c9b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gob/debug.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gob/debug.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package gob
 
 // This file is not normally included in the gob package.  Used only for debugging the package itself.
+// Add debug.go to the files listed in the Makefile to add Debug to the gob package.
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 var dump = false // If true, print the remaining bytes in the input buffer at each item.
 
 // Init installs the debugging facility. If this file is not compiled in the
-// package, Debug will be a no-op.
+// package, the test in codec_test.go is a no-op.
 func init() {
 	debugFunc = Debug
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/gob/decoder.go b/src/pkg/gob/decoder.go
index 4237d01aca3..c28185f16cb 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gob/decoder.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gob/decoder.go
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ func (dec *Decoder) DecodeValue(value reflect.Value) os.Error {
 	return dec.err
 }
 
-// If enabled, Debug prints a human-readable representation of the gob data read from r.
-// If debug.go is compiled into the program it will override this link.
+// If debug.go is compiled into the program , debugFunc prints a human-readable
+// representation of the gob data read from r by calling that file's Debug function.
+// Otherwise it is nil.
 var debugFunc func(io.Reader)