From: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:11:37 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: spec: clarify unsafe.Offsetof
X-Git-Tag: go1.1rc2~634
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=51338095eb6fa331b64716dea1fed4fa8f513fef;p=gostls13.git

spec: clarify unsafe.Offsetof

Fixes #4905.

R=rsc, r, iant, ken
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7583043
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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 0fc918471d..5268a5b16d 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--{
 	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
-	"Subtitle": "Version of March 4, 2013",
+	"Subtitle": "Version of March 7, 2013",
 	"Path": "/ref/spec"
 }-->
 
@@ -5734,8 +5734,10 @@ as if <code>v</code> was declared via <code>var v = x</code>.
 </p>
 <p>
 The function <code>Offsetof</code> takes a (possibly parenthesized) <a href="#Selectors">selector</a>
-denoting a struct field of any type and returns the field offset in bytes relative to the
-struct's address.
+<code>s.f</code>, denoting a field <code>f</code> of the struct denoted by <code>s</code>
+or <code>*s</code>, and returns the field offset in bytes relative to the struct's address.
+If <code>f</code> is an <a href="#Struct_types">embedded field</a>, it must be reachable
+without pointer indirections through fields of the struct.
 For a struct <code>s</code> with field <code>f</code>:
 </p>