It's a common mistake to build a recursive String method; explain it well and
show how to avoid it.
R=golang-dev, bradfitz, adg
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7486049
Drop the phrase "reference types", which has caused confusion.
Add a section about 2D arrays, a common newbie question.
R=golang-dev, cespare, adg, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7423051
The only functional change is the new section
on terminating statements.
There is a minor syntax rewrite (not change)
of function declarations to make it easier to
refer to the notion of a function from all places
where it is used (function decls, method decls,
and function literals).
Includes some minor fixes/additions of missing links.
Based closely on Russ' proposal.
Fixes#65.
R=rsc, r, iant, ken, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7415050
Replacement for CL 7370053 which attempted to make fallthrough's
syntactically a part of switch statements. Because they may be
labeled, fixing that CL completely would require too much spec
surgery.
Fixes#4923.
R=r, iant, rsc, ken
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7416048
The Camlistore code tree rearranged after the go tool came
out. (I didn't know this link was here until I saw it in
some logs.)
R=adg
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7374043
This is documenting the status quo. The previous cleanup
added this language as an implementation restriction, but
at least for now it is really part of the language proper.
Fixes#4605.
R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7305071
The gc compilers already behave this way. It was an explicit
decision during the very long constant design discussions,
but it appears not to have made it into the spec.
Fixes#4398.
R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7313069
Fixes#4582.
* mentioned hg upload.
* added section on hg file.
* added small mention about being inside $GOROOT.
* added hg revert @NNNN
* reorganise the hg submit section for the common case of a non committer.
* made the Copyright section h2
* added note about leaving copyright years unchanged.
R=golang-dev, metanata4, shivakumar.gn, minux.ma, adg, shanemhansen
CC=golang-dev, metanata4
https://golang.org/cl/7278047
Fixes#4010.
This proposal avoids cluttering the main install-source.html with OS specific instructions by linking to the wiki for details. See discussion in the comments.
R=adg, minux.ma
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7241068
The spec is not clear about whether this is allowed or not,
but both compilers allow it, because the reflect implementation
takes advantage of it. Document current behavior.
Fixes#4679.
R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7303064
I am still not convinced this is a change we should make, but at least
documenting it will keep us from forgetting it as we get closer to Go 1.1.
R=golang-dev, minux.ma
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7226064
People keep not reading all the way to the bottom of the doc
and not running hg mail.
R=golang-dev, minux.ma
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7137057
Fixes#4186.
Back in the day, before the Go 1.0 release, $GOROOT was mandatory for building from source. Fast forward to now and $GOPATH is mandatory and $GOROOT is optional, and mainly used by those who use the binary distribution in uncommon places.
For example, most novices at least know about `sudo` as they would have used it to install the binary tarball into /usr/local. It is logical they would use the `sudo` hammer to `go get` other Go packages when faced with a permission error talking about the path they just had to use `sudo` on last time.
Even if they had read the documentation and set $GOPATH, go get will not work as expected as `sudo` masks most environment variables.
llucky(~) % ~/go/bin/go env | grep GOPATH
GOPATH="/home/dfc"
lucky(~) % sudo ~/go/bin/go env | grep GOPATH
GOPATH=""
This CL therefore proposes to remove support for using `go get` to download source into $GOROOT.
This CL also proposes an error when GOPATH=$GOROOT, as this is another place where new Go users can get stuck.
Further discussion: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/VIg3fjHiHRI/discussion
R=rsc, adg, minux.ma
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6941058
The spec talks explicitly about rune literals but the
respective production is still called char_lit for
historic reasons. Updated the two occurences.
Fixes#4602.
R=rsc, iant, r, ken
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7070048
