From 7d570bcf1c1e066bd63c9aa1d0dafdd1b71a9f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Pike Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:28:22 -0700 Subject: return "" when calling String() on a nil bytes.Buffer. R=rsc CC=go-dev http://go/go-review/1016005 --- src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go') diff --git a/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go b/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go index 7acddc4bc..6e5887cb0 100644 --- a/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go +++ b/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go @@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ func (b *Buffer) Bytes() []byte { } // String returns the contents of the unread portion of the buffer -// as a string. +// as a string. If the Buffer is a nil pointer, it returns "". func (b *Buffer) String() string { + if b == nil { + // Special case, useful in debugging. + return "" + } return string(b.buf[b.off : len(b.buf)]); } -- cgit v1.2.3