From: Paul Borman <borman@google.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:34:12 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: csv: clarify what a negative FieldsPerRecord means
X-Git-Tag: weekly.2012-03-13~232
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b311776c499e35444d891206e9975995ffc293a;p=gostls13.git

csv: clarify what a negative FieldsPerRecord means

R=golang-dev, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5729068
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diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/csv/reader.go b/src/pkg/encoding/csv/reader.go
index 9aa398e58b..db4d988526 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/csv/reader.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/csv/reader.go
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ var (
 // If FieldsPerRecord is positive, Read requires each record to
 // have the given number of fields.  If FieldsPerRecord is 0, Read sets it to
 // the number of fields in the first record, so that future records must
-// have the same field count.
+// have the same field count.  If FieldsPerRecord is negative, no check is
+// made and records may have a variable number of fields.
 //
 // If LazyQuotes is true, a quote may appear in an unquoted field and a
 // non-doubled quote may appear in a quoted field.