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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/gob/doc.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/gob/doc.go | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
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 |