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diff --git a/src/pkg/fmt/doc.go b/src/pkg/fmt/doc.go index 3cd02d7ed..b8dd995c7 100644 --- a/src/pkg/fmt/doc.go +++ b/src/pkg/fmt/doc.go @@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ by a single character (the verb) and end with a parenthesized description. + If an Error or String method triggers a panic when called by a + print routine, the fmt package reformats the error message + from the panic, decorating it with an indication that it came + through the fmt package. For example, if a String method + calls panic("bad"), the resulting formatted message will look + like + %s(PANIC=bad) + + The %s just shows the print verb in use when the failure + occurred. Scanning |