From: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 00:54:49 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: spec: clarify admissible argument types for print, println
X-Git-Tag: go1.9beta1~410
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=50f67add81eb9fa032f2e87c639fc42f0cc9de72;p=gostls13.git

spec: clarify admissible argument types for print, println

Fixes #19885.

Change-Id: I55420aace1b0f714df2d6460d2d1595f6863dd06
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/42023
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 769231819c..ba5ce894d2 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--{
 	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
-	"Subtitle": "Version of April 17, 2017",
+	"Subtitle": "Version of April 28, 2017",
 	"Path": "/ref/spec"
 }-->
 
@@ -5965,6 +5965,11 @@ print      prints all arguments; formatting of arguments is implementation-speci
 println    like print but prints spaces between arguments and a newline at the end
 </pre>
 
+<p>
+Implementation restriction: <code>print</code> and <code>println</code> need not
+accept arbitrary argument types, but printing of boolean, numeric, and string
+<a href="#Types">types</a> must be supported. 
+</p>
 
 <h2 id="Packages">Packages</h2>