time: explicitely mention Tickers have to be stopped

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https://golang.org/cl/64770043

diff --git a/src/pkg/time/tick.go b/src/pkg/time/tick.go
index b92c339c02a21ac7cab801b4361181ae6c73ba1d..3b42b66cfecb18fb5ded32db11dff80373d96b97 100644 (file)
--- a/src/pkg/time/tick.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/tick.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Ticker struct {
 // time with a period specified by the duration argument.
 // It adjusts the intervals or drops ticks to make up for slow receivers.
 // The duration d must be greater than zero; if not, NewTicker will panic.
+// Stop the ticker to release associated resources.
 func NewTicker(d Duration) *Ticker {
        if d <= 0 {
                panic(errors.New("non-positive interval for NewTicker"))