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author | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2011-03-02 19:39:08 -0800 |
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committer | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2011-03-02 19:39:08 -0800 |
commit | 68add46af776369dbaade9eb1eb9de9bb0c7fec8 (patch) | |
tree | 7e366c68f374b970b330f1fce1d76cad37c90a2c | |
parent | daffc2d2ef1b68eae0a7e79d015fe33339f19534 (diff) | |
download | go-68add46af776369dbaade9eb1eb9de9bb0c7fec8.tar.gz go-68add46af776369dbaade9eb1eb9de9bb0c7fec8.zip |
unsafe: fix the documentation
Reflection is about Pointer, not uintptr.
Also clarify that Reflect and Unreflect are indirect.
R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4254052
-rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/unsafe/unsafe.go | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/unsafe/unsafe.go b/src/pkg/unsafe/unsafe.go index 3a4e30c00c..3cd4cff6e9 100644 --- a/src/pkg/unsafe/unsafe.go +++ b/src/pkg/unsafe/unsafe.go @@ -41,13 +41,14 @@ func Typeof(i interface{}) (typ interface{}) // Reflect unpacks an interface value into its type and the address of a copy of the // internal value. -func Reflect(i interface{}) (typ interface{}, addr uintptr) +func Reflect(i interface{}) (typ interface{}, addr Pointer) -// Unreflect inverts Reflect: Given a type and a pointer, it returns an empty interface value -// with those contents. The typ is assumed to contain a pointer to a runtime type; -// the type information in the interface{} is ignored, so that, for example, both +// Unreflect inverts Reflect: Given a type and a pointer to a value, it returns an +// empty interface value with contents the type and the value (not the pointer to +// the value). The typ is assumed to contain a pointer to a runtime type; the type +// information in the interface{} is ignored, so that, for example, both // *reflect.StructType and *runtime.StructType can be passed for typ. -func Unreflect(typ interface{}, addr uintptr) (ret interface{}) +func Unreflect(typ interface{}, addr Pointer) (ret interface{}) // New allocates and returns a pointer to memory for a new value of the given type. // The typ is assumed to hold a pointer to a runtime type. |