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From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 16:16:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] path/filepath: document that WalkDir uses OS paths

Fixes #52812

Change-Id: Idb70d0540bbf9ecdc64293c62a23f07ee3be883c
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---
 src/path/filepath/path.go | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/path/filepath/path.go b/src/path/filepath/path.go
index c86b0c0ff8..64f443a4f7 100644
--- a/src/path/filepath/path.go
+++ b/src/path/filepath/path.go
@@ -482,6 +482,10 @@ func walk(path string, info fs.FileInfo, walkFn WalkFunc) error {
 // to walk that directory.
 //
 // WalkDir does not follow symbolic links.
+//
+// WalkDir calls fn with paths that use the separator character appropriate
+// for the operating system. This is unlike [io/fs.WalkDir], which always
+// uses slash separated paths.
 func WalkDir(root string, fn fs.WalkDirFunc) error {
 	info, err := os.Lstat(root)
 	if err != nil {