From: Caleb Spare <cespare@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 22:44:35 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: encoding/json: documented that ,string applies only to string and numeric fields.
X-Git-Tag: go1.1rc2~1473
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=396c957a32f094ef0f410235250cf0ed6b8dcf9f;p=gostls13.git

encoding/json: documented that ,string applies only to string and numeric fields.

Fixes #4437.

R=golang-dev, adg
CC=golang-dev, rsc
https://golang.org/cl/7064045
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diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go b/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go
index 83d5ee88b8..fb57f1d51b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ import (
 //   Field int `json:",omitempty"`
 //
 // The "string" option signals that a field is stored as JSON inside a
-// JSON-encoded string.  This extra level of encoding is sometimes
-// used when communicating with JavaScript programs:
+// JSON-encoded string. It applies only to fields of string, floating point,
+// or integer types. This extra level of encoding is sometimes used when
+// communicating with JavaScript programs:
 //
 //    Int64String int64 `json:",string"`
 //