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-rw-r--r--src/encoding/gob/doc.go6
-rw-r--r--src/encoding/gob/encode.go2
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/gob/doc.go b/src/encoding/gob/doc.go
index cf878f4502..6f86d84891 100644
--- a/src/encoding/gob/doc.go
+++ b/src/encoding/gob/doc.go
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ In summary, a gob stream looks like
where * signifies zero or more repetitions and the type id of a value must
be predefined or be defined before the value in the stream.
+Compatibility: Any future changes to the package will endeavor to maintain
+compatibility with streams encoded using previous versions. That is, any released
+version of this package should be able to decode data written with any previously
+released version, subject to issues such as security fixes. See the Go compatibility
+document for background: https://golang.org/doc/go1compat
+
See "Gobs of data" for a design discussion of the gob wire format:
https://blog.golang.org/gobs-of-data
*/
diff --git a/src/encoding/gob/encode.go b/src/encoding/gob/encode.go
index 2b3a556eac..50cd6adb46 100644
--- a/src/encoding/gob/encode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/gob/encode.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (state *encoderState) encodeInt(i int64) {
} else {
x = uint64(i << 1)
}
- state.encodeUint(uint64(x))
+ state.encodeUint(x)
}
// encOp is the signature of an encoding operator for a given type.