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authorOndřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>2011-08-03 17:26:15 +0200
committerOndřej Surý <ondrej@sury.org>2011-08-03 17:31:49 +0200
commitb757d264230d65f988e08158e096a09497d39eb4 (patch)
treee20ec608a2ec8ebf603fa7aa060eb9723c4780b9 /src/pkg/gob/doc.go
parent5976088995f5c0d0bcada7d491fda4b6245e54e0 (diff)
downloadgolang-b757d264230d65f988e08158e096a09497d39eb4.tar.gz
Imported Upstream version 2011.07.29
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diff --git a/src/pkg/gob/doc.go b/src/pkg/gob/doc.go
index aaf429c43..35d882afb 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gob/doc.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gob/doc.go
@@ -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