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authorOndřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>2011-09-13 13:13:44 +0200
committerOndřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>2011-09-13 13:13:44 +0200
commit9464a0c36318f8a801c07d6874bd0cea40f12504 (patch)
treef0178491c19d4f1ebc7b92eede86690998466480 /src/pkg/gob/doc.go
parentba9fda6068cfadd42db0b152fdca7e8b67aaf77d (diff)
parent5ff4c17907d5b19510a62e08fd8d3b11e62b431d (diff)
downloadgolang-9464a0c36318f8a801c07d6874bd0cea40f12504.tar.gz
Merge commit 'upstream/60' into debian-sid
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@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ uninterpreted bytes of the value.
All other slices and arrays are sent as an unsigned count followed by that many
elements using the standard gob encoding for their type, recursively.
+Maps are sent as an unsigned count followed by that man key, element
+pairs. Empty but non-nil maps are sent, so if the sender has allocated
+a map, the receiver will allocate a map even no elements are
+transmitted.
+
Structs are sent as a sequence of (field number, field value) pairs. The field
value is sent using the standard gob encoding for its type, recursively. If a
field has the zero value for its type, it is omitted from the transmission. The