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authorRobert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>2009-09-28 19:21:15 -0700
committerRobert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>2009-09-28 19:21:15 -0700
commit1661c888603d6510e42137f87f5a64a407a47098 (patch)
tree527a139c0457efe66f38211c6833882d9ded40cf
parentebd16719f3f1e11bb6ebe1f3de0a772a4e4fa8d3 (diff)
downloadgolang-1661c888603d6510e42137f87f5a64a407a47098.tar.gz
- assignments to structs are only legal if all struct fields are visible
- removed section on Multiple-file packages as this seems now now covered sufficiently elsewhere DELTA=45 (11 added, 25 deleted, 9 changed) OCL=35065 CL=35071
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index e9b78b0de..8f2b062d9 100644
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+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1257,6 +1257,14 @@ with compatible element type and at least one of <code>V</code> or <code>T</code
</ul>
<p>
+If <code>T</code> is a struct type, either all fields of <code>T</code>
+must be <a href="#Exported_identifiers">exported</a>, or the assignment must be in
+the same package in which <code>T</code> is declared.
+In other words, a struct value can be assigned to a struct variable only if
+every field of the struct may be legally assigned individually by the program.
+</p>
+
+<p>
An untyped <a href="#Constants">constant</a> <code>v</code>
is assignment compatible with type <code>T</code> if <code>v</code>
can be represented accurately as a value of type <code>T</code>.
@@ -1946,7 +1954,7 @@ Value = Expression .
The LiteralType must be a struct, array, slice, or map type
(the grammar enforces this constraint except when the type is given
as a TypeName).
-The types of the expressions must be <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> to
+The types of the expressions must be <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> with
the respective field, element, and key types of the LiteralType;
there is no additional conversion.
The key is interpreted as a field name for struct literals,
@@ -2466,7 +2474,7 @@ f(a1, a2, ... an)
<p>
calls <code>f</code> with arguments <code>a1, a2, ... an</code>.
The arguments must be single-valued expressions
-<a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> with the parameters of
+<a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> with the parameter types of
<code>F</code> and are evaluated before the function is called.
The type of the expression is the result type
of <code>F</code>.
@@ -3628,7 +3636,8 @@ map key, and the second variable, if present, is set to the corresponding
string or array element or map value.
The types of the array or slice index (always <code>int</code>)
and element, or of the map key and value respectively,
-must be <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> to the iteration variables.
+must be <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> with
+the type of the iteration variables.
</p>
<p>
For strings, the "range" clause iterates over the Unicode code points
@@ -3798,8 +3807,9 @@ type:
<ol>
<li>The return value or values may be explicitly listed
in the "return" statement. Each expression must be single-valued
- and <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a> to the corresponding element of
- the result type of the function.
+ and <a href="#Assignment_compatibility">assignment compatible</a>
+ with the type of the corresponding element of the function's
+ result type.
<pre>
func simple_f() int {
return 2
@@ -4174,10 +4184,11 @@ m := make(map[string] int, 100); # map with initial space for 100 elements
<p>
Go programs are constructed by linking together <i>packages</i>.
-A package is in turn constructed from one or more source files that
-together provide access to a set of types, constants, functions,
-and variables. Those elements may be <i>exported</i> and used in
-another package.
+A package in turn is constructed from one or more source files
+that together declare constants, types, variables and functions
+belonging to the package and which are accessible in all files
+of the same package. Those elements may be
+<a href="#Exported_identifiers">exported</a> and used in another package.
</p>
<h3 id="Source_file_organization">Source file organization</h3>
@@ -4286,31 +4297,6 @@ import _ "lib/math"
</pre>
-<h3 id="Multiple-file_packages">Multiple-file packages</h3>
-
-<p>
-If a package is constructed from multiple source files,
-all names declared in the package block, not just uppercase ones,
-are in scope in all the files in the package.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-If source file <code>math1.go</code> contains
-</p>
-<pre>
-package math
-
-const twoPi = 6.283185307179586
-
-function Sin(x float) float { return ... }
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-then a second file <code>math2.go</code> also in
-<code>package math</code>
-may refer directly to <code>Sin</code> and <code>twoPi</code>.
-</p>
-
<h3 id="An_example_package">An example package</h3>
<p>