bytes, strings: mention the n < 0 case in Split/SplitAfter doc comment

R=r, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1669055

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/src/pkg/bytes/bytes.go b/src/pkg/bytes/bytes.go
index c0ee44ff96..6eb6772328 100644
--- a/src/pkg/bytes/bytes.go
+++ b/src/pkg/bytes/bytes.go
@@ -179,17 +179,22 @@ func genSplit(s, sep []byte, sepSave, n int) [][]byte {
 	return a[0 : na+1]
 }
 
-// Split splits the array s around each instance of sep, returning an array of subarrays of s.
-// If sep is empty, Split splits s after each UTF-8 sequence.
-// If n >= 0, Split splits s into at most n subarrays; the last subarray will contain an unsplit remainder.
-// Thus if n == 0, the result will be nil.
+// Split slices s into subslices separated by sep and returns a slice of
+// the subslices between those separators.
+// If sep is empty, Split splits after each UTF-8 sequence.
+// The count determines the number of subslices to return:
+//   n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder.
+//   n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices)
+//   n < 0: all subslices
 func Split(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte { return genSplit(s, sep, 0, n) }
 
-// SplitAfter splits the array s after each instance of sep, returning an array of subarrays of s.
-// If sep is empty, SplitAfter splits s after each UTF-8 sequence.
-// If n >= 0, SplitAfter splits s into at most n subarrays; the last subarray will contain an
-// unsplit remainder.
-// Thus if n == 0, the result will ne nil.
+// SplitAfter slices s into subslices after each instance of sep and
+// returns a slice of those subslices.
+// If sep is empty, Split splits after each UTF-8 sequence.
+// The count determines the number of subslices to return:
+//   n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder.
+//   n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices)
+//   n < 0: all subslices
 func SplitAfter(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte {
 	return genSplit(s, sep, len(sep), n)
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/strings/strings.go b/src/pkg/strings/strings.go
index 925566c744..12be04c239 100644
--- a/src/pkg/strings/strings.go
+++ b/src/pkg/strings/strings.go
@@ -163,16 +163,22 @@ func genSplit(s, sep string, sepSave, n int) []string {
 	return a[0 : na+1]
 }
 
-// Split splits the string s around each instance of sep, returning an array of substrings of s.
-// If sep is empty, Split splits s after each UTF-8 sequence.
-// If n >= 0, Split splits s into at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
-// Thus if n == 0, the result will be nil.
+// Split slices s into substrings separated by sep and returns a slice of
+// the substrings between those separators.
+// If sep is empty, Split splits after each UTF-8 sequence.
+// The count determines the number of substrings to return:
+//   n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
+//   n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings)
+//   n < 0: all substrings
 func Split(s, sep string, n int) []string { return genSplit(s, sep, 0, n) }
 
-// SplitAfter splits the string s after each instance of sep, returning an array of substrings of s.
-// If sep is empty, SplitAfter splits s after each UTF-8 sequence.
-// If n >= 0, SplitAfter splits s into at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
-// Thus if n == 0, the result will be nil.
+// SplitAfter slices s into substrings after each instance of sep and
+// returns a slice of those substrings.
+// If sep is empty, Split splits after each UTF-8 sequence.
+// The count determines the number of substrings to return:
+//   n > 0: at most n substrings; the last substring will be the unsplit remainder.
+//   n == 0: the result is nil (zero substrings)
+//   n < 0: all substrings
 func SplitAfter(s, sep string, n int) []string {
 	return genSplit(s, sep, len(sep), n)
 }