document once

R=rsc
DELTA=14  (7 added, 5 deleted, 2 changed)
OCL=25818
CL=25834

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/once.go b/src/lib/once.go
index 2a09a179b..6047df236 100644
--- a/src/lib/once.go
+++ b/src/lib/once.go
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// For one-time initialization that is not done during init.
-// Wrap the initialization in a niladic function f() and call
-//	once.Do(f)
-// If multiple processes call once.Do(f) simultaneously
-// with the same f argument, only one will call f, and the
-// others will block until f finishes running.
-
+// This package provides a single function, Do, to run a function
+// exactly once, usually used as part of initialization.
 package once
 
 import "sync"
@@ -21,6 +16,13 @@ type job struct {
 var jobs = make(map[func()]*job)
 var joblock sync.Mutex;
 
+// Do is the the only exported piece of the package.
+// For one-time initialization that is not done during init,
+// wrap the initialization in a niladic function f() and call
+//	Do(f)
+// If multiple processes call Do(f) simultaneously
+// with the same f argument, only one will call f, and the
+// others will block until f finishes running.
 func Do(f func()) {
 	joblock.Lock();
 	j, present := jobs[f];