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| author | Alberto Donizetti <alb.donizetti@gmail.com> | 2019-12-13 12:07:06 +0100 |
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| committer | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2019-12-13 20:41:04 +0000 |
| commit | 7d30af8e17d62932f8a458ad96f483b9afec6171 (patch) | |
| tree | 99c35581b476d42372b5a040abc185c39579f259 | |
| parent | ad12ee3006ed8d0552d14dcb623de9af325c6758 (diff) | |
| download | go-7d30af8e17d62932f8a458ad96f483b9afec6171.tar.gz go-7d30af8e17d62932f8a458ad96f483b9afec6171.zip | |
spec: reword claim about the grammar being regular
Since the word "regular" has a precise meaning in the context of
formal languages, the Introduction sentence claiming that Go's grammar
is "compact and regular" may mislead readers.
Reword it using Rob's suggestion.
Fixes #36037
Change-Id: I00c1a5714bdab8878d9a77b36d67dae67d63da0f
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/211277
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/go_spec.html | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html index 724b044aa4..4fff107c9b 100644 --- a/doc/go_spec.html +++ b/doc/go_spec.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!--{ "Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification", - "Subtitle": "Version of Sep 4, 2019", + "Subtitle": "Version of Dec 13, 2019", "Path": "/ref/spec" }--> @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ dependencies. </p> <p> -The grammar is compact and regular, allowing for easy analysis by -automatic tools such as integrated development environments. +The grammar is compact and simple to parse, allowing for easy analysis +by automatic tools such as integrated development environments. </p> <h2 id="Notation">Notation</h2> |