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| author | griesemer <gri@golang.org> | 2017-08-24 15:20:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org> | 2017-08-25 08:12:51 +0000 |
| commit | a9f832a6aedbce206d44d099c67448e8aa747690 (patch) | |
| tree | 5cb9292a008e12e4e95e35ec093f4a5acbd5e567 /doc/go_spec.html | |
| parent | b976859b4757eafac39988c9ba72704ff472786f (diff) | |
| download | go-a9f832a6aedbce206d44d099c67448e8aa747690.tar.gz go-a9f832a6aedbce206d44d099c67448e8aa747690.zip | |
spec: clarify zero value for complex types
The enumeration of numeric types missed the complex types.
Clarify by removing the explicit enumeration and referring
to numeric types instead.
Fixes #21579.
Change-Id: If36c2421f8501eeec82a07f442ac2e16a35927ba
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/58491
Reviewed-by: Matthew Dempsky <mdempsky@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html index 6c0dc8bbd5..a2ad56b4f9 100644 --- a/doc/go_spec.html +++ b/doc/go_spec.html @@ -6158,7 +6158,7 @@ of <code>make</code>, and no explicit initialization is provided, the variable or value is given a default value. Each element of such a variable or value is set to the <i>zero value</i> for its type: <code>false</code> for booleans, -<code>0</code> for integers, <code>0.0</code> for floats, <code>""</code> +<code>0</code> for numeric types, <code>""</code> for strings, and <code>nil</code> for pointers, functions, interfaces, slices, channels, and maps. This initialization is done recursively, so for instance each element of an array of structs will have its fields zeroed if no value is specified. |