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| author | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2016-04-21 12:43:22 -0700 |
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| committer | Rob Pike <r@golang.org> | 2016-04-22 00:14:27 +0000 |
| commit | 8082828ed0b07225c50a991dbe2a176346fba3b8 (patch) | |
| tree | a87f5d130409a123697981a48883758fc3cc0ce5 /src/encoding/gob | |
| parent | 70184087239482331a9e4a66627e4458ffe48933 (diff) | |
| download | go-8082828ed0b07225c50a991dbe2a176346fba3b8.tar.gz go-8082828ed0b07225c50a991dbe2a176346fba3b8.zip | |
encoding/gob: document compatibility
Fixes #13808.
Change-Id: Ifbd5644da995a812438a405485c9e08b4503a313
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/22352
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/encoding/gob')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/encoding/gob/doc.go | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/gob/doc.go b/src/encoding/gob/doc.go index cf878f4502..6f86d84891 100644 --- a/src/encoding/gob/doc.go +++ b/src/encoding/gob/doc.go @@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ In summary, a gob stream looks like where * signifies zero or more repetitions and the type id of a value must be predefined or be defined before the value in the stream. +Compatibility: Any future changes to the package will endeavor to maintain +compatibility with streams encoded using previous versions. That is, any released +version of this package should be able to decode data written with any previously +released version, subject to issues such as security fixes. See the Go compatibility +document for background: https://golang.org/doc/go1compat + See "Gobs of data" for a design discussion of the gob wire format: https://blog.golang.org/gobs-of-data */ |