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| -rw-r--r-- | src/builtin/builtin.go | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/builtin/builtin.go b/src/builtin/builtin.go index eea9004842..be53077d9c 100644 --- a/src/builtin/builtin.go +++ b/src/builtin/builtin.go @@ -224,15 +224,14 @@ func max[T cmp.Ordered](x T, y ...T) T // min will return NaN. func min[T cmp.Ordered](x T, y ...T) T -// The built-in function new creates a new, initialized variable and returns +// The built-in function new allocates a new, initialized variable and returns // a pointer to it. It accepts a single argument, which may be either a type // or an expression. -// // If the argument is a type T, then new(T) allocates a variable of type T // initialized to its zero value. -// -// If the argument is an expression x, then new(x) allocates a variable of -// the type of x initialized to the value of x. +// Otherwise, the argument is an expression x and new(x) allocates a variable +// of the type of x initialized to the value of x. If that value is an untyped +// constant, it is first implicitly converted to its default type. func new(TypeOrExpr) *Type // The complex built-in function constructs a complex value from two |