From: griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:48:07 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: doc: minor clarification regarding the sharing of underlying arrays
X-Git-Tag: go1.10beta1~1263
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2ac43d5be2e6b48b9806f9456d932d2884705e10;p=gostls13.git

doc: minor clarification regarding the sharing of underlying arrays

The last sentence in the section on slice expressions could be read
as if it might apply to strings. Changed the sentence a bit to
emphasize its applicability to slices only. See also the issue for
more background.

Fixes #19220.

Change-Id: I8551f34230e4ed93f951e7b871cc81f54a5874a9
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/59890
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 74fccd7125..80de0f45a6 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--{
 	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
-	"Subtitle": "Version of August 25, 2017",
+	"Subtitle": "Version of August 30, 2017",
 	"Path": "/ref/spec"
 }-->
 
@@ -3147,8 +3147,8 @@ and the result of the slice operation is a slice with the same element type as t
 
 <p>
 If the sliced operand of a valid slice expression is a <code>nil</code> slice, the result
-is a <code>nil</code> slice. Otherwise, the result shares its underlying array with the
-operand.
+is a <code>nil</code> slice. Otherwise, if the result is a slice, it shares its underlying
+array with the operand.
 </p>
 
 <h4>Full slice expressions</h4>