There is a subtle distinction between a value
*being* the zero value vs being *equal to* the zero value.
This was discussed at length in #31450.
Using "a zero value" in the docs suggests that there may
be more than zero value. That is possible on the "equal to
zero value" reading, but not the "is zero" reading that we
selected for the semantics of IsZero.
This change attempts to prevent any confusion on this front by
switching to "the zero value" in the documentation.
And while we're here, eliminate a double-space.
(Darn macbook keyboards.)
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Write release notes for a few reflect, runtime, and syscall changes.
The init randomization has been reverted.
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* In doc/install-source.html, clarify the meaning of $GOBIN and
describe where executables from the Go distribution are
installed. Also describe $GOPATH, since it provides a default value
for $GOBIN and may conflict with $GOROOT.
* Add more detail to 'go help install' as well.
Fixes#31576
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This change makes the release notes for Go 1.13 more complete
by mentioning a new function in the os package.
Change-Id: I0d637fd70ff6d14782bbfb7c13985a0f83b19d6d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/181945
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
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Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/181681
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com>
The additions were generated using golang.org/x/build/cmd/relnote.
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Reviewed-by: Bryan C. Mills <bcmills@google.com>
Some <h3>s were missing ids due to which the anchor links
weren't getting generated.
Fixes#32415
Change-Id: Ica21425c1a7c49735231c1de96b6c77dd594ce64
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/180397
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
The spec was not very precise as to what happens with respect to sharing
if a sliced operand is (a pointer to) an array. Added a small clarification
and a supporting example.
Fixes#31689.
Change-Id: Ic49351bec2033abd3f5428154ec3e9a7c2c9eaa5
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/177139
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
Add a small paragraph and example pointing out
the difference for the case where T is a slice
or map. This is a common error for Go novices.
Fixes#29425.
Change-Id: Icdb59f25361e9f6a09b190fbfcc9ae0c7d90077b
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/176338
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
The very first paragraph on "Package initialization" stated that
"variables are initialized in declaration order, but after any
variables they might depend on". This phrasing was easily
misread as "declaration order is the first sorting criteria"
and then contradicted what the subsequent paragraphs spelled
out in precise detail.
Instead, variable initialization proceeds by repeatedly determining
a set of ready to initialize variables, and then selecting from that
set the variable declared earliest. That is, declaration order is the
second sorting criteria.
Also, for the purpose of variable initialization, declarations
introducing blank (_) variables are considered like any other
variables (their initialization expressions may have side-effects
and affect initialization order), even though blank identifiers
are not "declared".
This CL adds clarifying language regarding these two issues
and the supporting example.
Both gccgo and go/types implement this behavior. cmd/compile
has a long-standing issue (#22326).
The spec also did not state in which order multiple variables
initialized by a single (multi-value) initialization expression are
handled. This CL adds a clarifying paragraph: If any such variable
is initialized, all that declaration's variables are initialized at
the same time.
This behavior matches user expectation: We are not expecting to
observe partially initialized sets of variables in declarations
such as "var a, b, c = f()".
It also matches existing cmd/compile and go/types (but not gccgo)
behavior.
Finally, cmd/compile, gccgo, and go/types produce different
initialization orders in (esoteric) cases where hidden (not
detected with existing rules) dependencies exist. Added a
sentence and example clarifying how much leeway compilers have
in those situations. The goal is to preserve the ability to
use static initialization while at the same time maintain
the relative initialization order of variables with detected
dependencies.
Fixes #31292.
Updates #22326.
Change-Id: I0a369abff8cfce27afc975998db875f5c580caa2
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Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
Previous section of documentation said that if GOPATH is not set then
it will be default to "$HOME/go", not "$HOME/work".
This change fix the path in example code to "$HOME/go", and while at it
fix the output of git command after commit.
Change-Id: Ifedca6c3997efd07e865c27b7321d755acad0254
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Reviewed-by: Andrew Bonventre <andybons@golang.org>
The compiler output shown in the doc is now quite old
(most of the changes happened in Go 1.5).
Update it to be more like what users will actually see.
Also explain how to get literal machine code again.
Prompted by #30968.
Change-Id: I0ce139c3fe299ccc43e85b6aca81c6e0aac1a2df
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For example, can use `goroutine all bt` to dump all goroutines'
information.
Change-Id: I51b547c2b837913e4bdabf0f45b28f09250a3e34
GitHub-Last-Rev: d04dcd4f58
GitHub-Pull-Request: golang/go#26283
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The top right menu in Gerrit is now a gear icon, and the link
has a slightly different title.
Change-Id: I3f5d194f31ad09a99416a45db392aa4b5c7d98ff
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/173400
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
This change adds the environment variable GOWASM, which is a comma
separated list of experimental WebAssembly features that the compiled
WebAssembly binary is allowed to use. The default is to use no
experimental features. Initially there are no features avaiable.
More information about feature proposals can be found at
https://github.com/WebAssembly/proposals
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ppc64{,le} processor level selection allows the compiler to generate instructions
targeting newer processors and processor-specific optimizations without breaking
compatibility with our current baseline. This feature introduces a new environment
variable, GOPPC64.
GOPPC64 is a GOARCH=ppc64{,le} specific option, for a choice between different
processor levels (i.e. Instruction Set Architecture versions) for which the
compiler will target. The default is 'power8'.
Change-Id: Ic152e283ae1c47084ece4346fa002a3eabb3bb9e
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This CL documents the new binary and octal integer literals,
hexadecimal floats, generalized imaginary literals and digit
separators for all number literals in the spec.
Added empty lines between abutting paragraphs in some places
(a more thorough cleanup can be done in a separate CL).
A minor detail: A single 0 was considered an octal zero per the
syntax (decimal integer literals always started with a non-zero
digit). The new octal literal syntax allows 0o and 0O prefixes
and when keeping the respective octal_lit syntax symmetric with
all the others (binary_lit, hex_lit), a single 0 is not automatically
part of it anymore. Rather than complicating the new octal_lit syntax
to include 0 as before, it is simpler (and more natural) to accept
a single 0 as part of a decimal_lit. This is purely a notational
change.
R=Go1.13
Updates #12711.
Updates #19308.
Updates #28493.
Updates #29008.
Change-Id: Ib9fdc6e781f6031cceeed37aaed9d05c7141adec
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A recent edit broke the flow; add a paragraph break when the subject
switches from maps to structs.
No changes in wording.
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And explain that it does this. A minor change probably worth mentioning,
although (#28782) I'd still like to freeze this document against any substantial
changes.
Fix#30568.
Change-Id: I74c56744871cfaf00dc52a9b480ca61d3ed19a6b
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/165597
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Path should now appear with the correct slash, depending on which
platform install document is being viewed - keeping in line with the
rest of the document.
Fixes#30160
Change-Id: Ib10e5a4adf366c700bff6f8d246bd5e3111ed61c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/162918
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bonventre <andybons@golang.org>
There's a "lib/time" sub-section in the Go 1.12 relase notes that
points to a non-existent golang.org/pkg/lib/time page.
The note is about a change in the tz database in the src/lib/time
directory, but the section's title (and the link) should probably just
refer to the time package.
Change-Id: Ibf9dacd710e72886f14ad0b7415fea1e8d25b83a
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/164977
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Using go get prevents the failure case of when the
user doesn't have the repo on their machine.
Change-Id: I9c1174087728b5b06b578b0d52df6eeb7e8c7a3c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/163718
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Change-Id: I46fa43f6c5ac49386f4622e1363d8976f49c0894
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/162019
Reviewed-by: Andrew Bonventre <andybons@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
install.html still insisted that GOROOT must be set if a binary install
of Go is set up in a custom directory. However, since 1.10, this has
been unnecessary as the GOROOT will be found based on the location of
the 'go' binary being run.
Likewise, install-source.html includes an 'export GOROOT' line in a
section that only talks about explicitly setting GOARCH and GOOS, which
is optional. We don't want to have users think it is recommended to set
GOROOT here either, so remove the unnecessary line.
Change-Id: I7dfef09f9a1d003e0253b793d63ea40d5cf1837f
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Most of the issues that led to the decision on #30055 were related to
incompatibility with or faulty support for RSA-PSS (#29831, #29779,
v1.5 signatures). RSA-PSS is required by TLS 1.3, but is also available
to be negotiated in TLS 1.2.
Altering TLS 1.2 behavior based on GODEBUG=tls13=1 feels surprising, so
just disable RSA-PSS entirely in TLS 1.2 until TLS 1.3 is on by default,
so breakage happens all at once.
Updates #30055
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Note the removal of the go tool tour command in the Go 1.12 release
notes.
Updates #24819
Change-Id: I258ab9401ea2cc06a83328c67299376fcf23c980
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I needed Go 1.10 to debug and fix a test failure on that Go version in
x/tools, but I forgot what the magic 'go get' command for this was.
Googling "download specific golang version" and similar keywords showed
no results, presumably because the golang.org/dl subrepo isn't
prominently recommended nor documented anywhere.
The most appropriate documentation page to add this to is doc/install,
since it goes into some detail and is well indexed. We only need a short
section to introduce the trick.
The example does mention a specific version, Go 1.10.7, but I couldn't
imagine a way to make it version-agnostic while still being clear on
what the commands effectively do.
Change-Id: I13158564d76d95caec412cdb35a50a4356df5863
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Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
This is about a minor change but worthy of note because this
may affect the profile results users will see.
Change-Id: Ie2c4358b248f868662dbc71db587576481aa7238
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/158577
Reviewed-by: Raul Silvera <rauls5382@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
The ABI changes should be completely transparent to Go code, but could
cause linking issues in certain situations involving assembly code
reaching across package boundaries. If users encounter linking
problems, point them to the "Compatibility" section of the ABI design
document, which gives some guidance.
Change-Id: I4156d164562e2ec0de7ae8f9a3631a32ec45b317
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/158237
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Worth mentioning because the results are not bit-for-bit identical.
This causes a test failure in github.com/fogleman/gg.
Updates #6794
Change-Id: I701f34927731fb5c658a1be271c04388e5e7e3f7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/157417
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
It was recently updated (again) to version 2018i. Since we're here,
wrap the paragraph at ~70 columns, like all the others.
Change-Id: I0a380385f34f1df1258a9f2af447234967422f37
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/156857
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Change a link in the cgo section of the 1.12 release notes from
https://golang.org/cmd/cgo ...
to
/cmd/cgo/ ...
to uniform it with other links on the page, and to ensure correct
target when the page is displayed on tip.golang.org.
Change-Id: I7653a6ea15ce111a60929c7ae7e9fb0dc9515502
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/156858
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
A workaround has been submitted.
Updates #27993
Change-Id: Ife6443c32673b38000b90dd2efb2985db37ab773
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/156318
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
whereas this is a longstanding tradition
and insofaras it is worth continuing such traditions
and notwithstanding an attempt at future-proofing
thetruthofthematter is that I have been waiting for years to send this change
so despiteallobjections I have updated the copyright year.
Change-Id: I55961b15a7eda35d84fdd9250afdbe19f0bf8412
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/155928
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Odeke <emm.odeke@gmail.com>
Currently the link works also with the non-existing GOARCH armd64, but
let's correct in anyhow.
Change-Id: Ida647b8f9dd2f8460b019f5a23759f10a6da8e60
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/155277
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Fix two typos and don't indent the go vet example.
Change-Id: Iccec56ca5decfbae45547a00115500ed13b703e1
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Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Also update a Go 1 compatibility promise link to canonical URL.
Updates #27592
Updates #28264
Change-Id: I5994a0a63e0870c1795c65016590dfad829d26a7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/154618
Reviewed-by: Richard Musiol <neelance@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Allow GOCACHE=off only for operations that never actually write
anything to the cache (in which case the GOCACHE setting should not
matter at all).
Fixes#29127
Change-Id: I733d02cd2fbcf3671f5adcfb73522865d131e360
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The String method is n-squared and overwrites its receiver.
Fix both issues, with only a slight loss of clarity.
Fixes#28773
Change-Id: I588f69d4cbd72931b28b984671512834473bd466
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/151217
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Fixes#27619
Change-Id: If18df696c0778efe894a4a249d4964db1b02e5d6
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/150159
Reviewed-by: Yuval Pavel Zholkover <paulzhol@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
This text changed in CL 139099 to add "explicit" in front of "conversion".
But now "explicit conversion or assignment" reads like it might mean
"explicit [conversion or assignment]" when what is meant is
"[explicit conversion] or assignment". To make clear that explicit does
not apply to assignment, use "assignment or explicit conversion".
Change-Id: I8ff7a5b3ecd9f562793502fa6808242f22264f28
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/149340
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Adjusted spec to explicitly define the string length as the
number of bytes of the string; the prose now matches the prose
for arrays. Made analogous change for slices.
Fixes#28736.
Change-Id: I47cab321c87de0a4c482f5466b819b2cc8993fd1
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Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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In ARM64 ABI, R18 is the "platform register", the use of which is
OS specific. The OS could choose to reserve this register. In
practice, it seems fine to use R18 on Linux but not on darwin (iOS).
Rename R18 to R18_PLATFORM to prevent accidental use. There is no
R18 usage within the standard library (besides tests, which are
updated).
Fixes#26110
Change-Id: Icef7b9549e2049db1df307a0180a3c90a12d7a84
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Effective Go and the FAQ still had some instances which showed the command line
usage of godoc. Changed them to use go doc.
Updates #25443
Change-Id: If550963322034e6848bc466f79e968e7220e4a88
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Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
