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| -rw-r--r-- | src/encoding/encoding.go | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/encoding.go b/src/encoding/encoding.go index cc5a536996..50acf3c23a 100644 --- a/src/encoding/encoding.go +++ b/src/encoding/encoding.go @@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ // interface once can make a type useful in multiple encodings. // Standard types that implement these interfaces include time.Time and net.IP. // The interfaces come in pairs that produce and consume encoded data. +// +// Adding encoding/decoding methods to existing types may constitute a breaking change, +// as they can be used for serialization in communicating with programs +// written with different library versions. +// The policy for packages maintained by the Go project is to only allow +// the addition of marshaling functions if no existing, reasonable marshaling exists. package encoding // BinaryMarshaler is the interface implemented by an object that can |