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Diffstat (limited to 'src/math/big/floatconv.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/math/big/floatconv.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/math/big/floatconv.go b/src/math/big/floatconv.go index 04f9a4e1b4..a857fa6513 100644 --- a/src/math/big/floatconv.go +++ b/src/math/big/floatconv.go @@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ func (z *Float) SetString(s string) (*Float, bool) { // digits = digit { digit } . // digit = "0" ... "9" | "a" ... "z" | "A" ... "Z" . // -// The base argument must be 0 or a value between 2 through MaxBase. +// The base argument must be 0, 2, 10, or 16. Providing an invalid base +// argument will lead to a run-time panic. // // For base 0, the number prefix determines the actual base: A prefix of // ``0x'' or ``0X'' selects base 16, and a ``0b'' or ``0B'' prefix selects -// base 2; otherwise, the actual base is 10 and no prefix is permitted. +// base 2; otherwise, the actual base is 10 and no prefix is accepted. // The octal prefix ``0'' is not supported. // // A "p" exponent indicates power of 2 for the exponent; for instance "1.2p3" @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func (z *Float) Scan(r io.ByteScanner, base int) (f *Float, b int, err error) { // exponent var exp int64 var ebase int - exp, ebase, err = scanExponent(r) + exp, ebase, err = scanExponent(r, true) if err != nil { return } |