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authorBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>2017-06-28 23:12:41 +0000
committerBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>2017-06-29 03:29:11 +0000
commitf081266e4af4bdce22756aa58489225dfbe6bb23 (patch)
tree71d4c0f67e39c0649e790bdcd0933247feb6b12c /src/encoding/binary
parent070b82e2e8b28b067e08927228ee651dd54a4236 (diff)
downloadgo-f081266e4af4bdce22756aa58489225dfbe6bb23.tar.xz
encoding/binary: clarify the repercussions for not following the docs
Fixes #19794 Change-Id: I462cbc432fe9d4a9e6e79a9833b0013d82a0780e Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/47093 Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/encoding/binary')
-rw-r--r--src/encoding/binary/binary.go3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/binary/binary.go b/src/encoding/binary/binary.go
index 3834254596..2d01a3cb28 100644
--- a/src/encoding/binary/binary.go
+++ b/src/encoding/binary/binary.go
@@ -152,7 +152,8 @@ func (bigEndian) GoString() string { return "binary.BigEndian" }
// When reading into structs, the field data for fields with
// blank (_) field names is skipped; i.e., blank field names
// may be used for padding.
-// When reading into a struct, all non-blank fields must be exported.
+// When reading into a struct, all non-blank fields must be exported
+// or Read may panic.
//
// The error is EOF only if no bytes were read.
// If an EOF happens after reading some but not all the bytes,