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-rw-r--r--src/go/ast/ast.go6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/go/ast/ast.go b/src/go/ast/ast.go
index 73aa3da89e..5291c0a93a 100644
--- a/src/go/ast/ast.go
+++ b/src/go/ast/ast.go
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ type (
}
// A BasicLit node represents a literal of basic type.
+ //
+ // Note that for the CHAR and STRING kinds, the literal is stored
+ // with its quotes. For example, for a double-quoted STRING, the
+ // first and the last rune in the Value field will be ". The
+ // [strconv.Unquote] and [strconv.UnquoteChar] functions can be
+ // used to unquote STRING and CHAR values, respectively.
BasicLit struct {
ValuePos token.Pos // literal position
Kind token.Token // token.INT, token.FLOAT, token.IMAG, token.CHAR, or token.STRING