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authorRob Pike <r@golang.org>2010-08-25 13:07:08 +1000
committerRob Pike <r@golang.org>2010-08-25 13:07:08 +1000
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scanner: change package comment to be clearer about its functionality.
No semantic changes. R=gri, rsc1 CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/1998045
-rw-r--r--src/pkg/scanner/scanner.go16
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/scanner/scanner.go b/src/pkg/scanner/scanner.go
index a1aa109cb2..0f864f8ff3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/src/pkg/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-// A general-purpose scanner for UTF-8 encoded text. Takes an io.Reader
-// providing the source which then can be tokenized through repeated
-// calls to the Scan function. For compatibility with existing tools,
-// the NUL character is not allowed (implementation restriction).
+// A scanner and tokenizer for UTF-8-encoded text. Takes an io.Reader
+// providing the source, which then can be tokenized through repeated calls
+// to the Scan function. For compatibility with existing tools, the NUL
+// character is not allowed (implementation restriction).
//
-// By default, a Scanner skips white space and comments and
-// recognizes literals as defined by the Go language spec.
-// It may be customized to recognize only a subset of those
-// literals and to recognize different white space characters.
+// By default, a Scanner skips white space and Go comments and recognizes all
+// literals as defined by the Go language specification. It may be
+// customized to recognize only a subset of those literals and to recognize
+// different white space characters.
//
// Basic usage pattern:
//