Imported Upstream version 1.3upstream/1.3

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/pkg/runtime/error.go b/src/pkg/runtime/error.go
index bd7090883..e704ff872 100644
--- a/src/pkg/runtime/error.go
+++ b/src/pkg/runtime/error.go
@@ -75,19 +75,20 @@ func newErrorString(s string, ret *interface{}) {
 }
 
 // An errorCString represents a runtime error described by a single C string.
-type errorCString uintptr
+// Not "type errorCString uintptr" because of http://golang.org/issue/7084.
+type errorCString struct{ cstr uintptr }
 
 func (e errorCString) RuntimeError() {}
 
 func cstringToGo(uintptr) string
 
 func (e errorCString) Error() string {
-	return "runtime error: " + cstringToGo(uintptr(e))
+	return "runtime error: " + cstringToGo(e.cstr)
 }
 
 // For calling from C.
 func newErrorCString(s uintptr, ret *interface{}) {
-	*ret = errorCString(s)
+	*ret = errorCString{s}
 }
 
 type stringer interface {