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| author | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2011-09-14 11:18:43 -0700 |
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| committer | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2011-09-14 11:18:43 -0700 |
| commit | 7edfcede1303b498b55d261d35eb4c98901edc4b (patch) | |
| tree | 5e7e1d720754ea495c87e117527c957a8a891abd /src/pkg/path/filepath | |
| parent | 4e6f951e6bbb6dba96b7d88c7f959b08440457ac (diff) | |
| download | go-7edfcede1303b498b55d261d35eb4c98901edc4b.tar.xz | |
path/filepath: document that Walk sorts its output
R=golang-dev, cw
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5004045
Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/path/filepath')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go index 668d20fa13..c40d9ff564 100644 --- a/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go +++ b/src/pkg/path/filepath/path.go @@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ func walk(path string, info *os.FileInfo, walkFn WalkFunc) os.Error { // Walk walks the file tree rooted at root, calling walkFn for each file or // directory in the tree, including root. All errors that arise visiting files -// and directories are filtered by walkFn. +// and directories are filtered by walkFn. The files are walked in lexical +// order, which makes the output deterministic but means that for very +// large directories Walk can be inefficient. func Walk(root string, walkFn WalkFunc) os.Error { info, err := os.Lstat(root) if err != nil { |