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author | Rowan Marshall <rowanajmarshall@gmail.com> | 2018-06-22 18:36:17 +0100 |
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committer | Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org> | 2018-06-26 19:40:44 +0000 |
commit | 1f3c0eefd29c70a69f79b8a0bb98b9c71effe5ee (patch) | |
tree | f829de117909a0a734f55cc9cb033de23a1c21cf | |
parent | cd016af6b6bbbeeb1c14fea574914862a50c3ad6 (diff) | |
download | go-1f3c0eefd29c70a69f79b8a0bb98b9c71effe5ee.tar.gz go-1f3c0eefd29c70a69f79b8a0bb98b9c71effe5ee.zip |
ast: refer to "embedded" rather than "anonymous" fields in
documentation.
Fixes #25684.
Change-Id: I9d0e47dff2446c27a3df88fb9ccfefef7419470b
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/120556
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
-rw-r--r-- | src/go/ast/ast.go | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/go/ast/ast.go b/src/go/ast/ast.go index d73c323178..fd109507b8 100644 --- a/src/go/ast/ast.go +++ b/src/go/ast/ast.go @@ -153,10 +153,12 @@ func (g *CommentGroup) Text() string { // A Field represents a Field declaration list in a struct type, // a method list in an interface type, or a parameter/result declaration // in a signature. +// Field.Names is nil for unnamed parameters (parameter lists which only contain types) +// and embedded struct fields. In the latter case, the field name is the type name. // type Field struct { Doc *CommentGroup // associated documentation; or nil - Names []*Ident // field/method/parameter names; or nil if anonymous field + Names []*Ident // field/method/parameter names; or nil Type Expr // field/method/parameter type Tag *BasicLit // field tag; or nil Comment *CommentGroup // line comments; or nil @@ -207,14 +209,14 @@ func (f *FieldList) End() token.Pos { return token.NoPos } -// NumFields returns the number of (named and anonymous fields) in a FieldList. +// NumFields returns the number of parameters or struct fields represented by a FieldList. func (f *FieldList) NumFields() int { n := 0 if f != nil { for _, g := range f.List { m := len(g.Names) if m == 0 { - m = 1 // anonymous field + m = 1 } n += m } |