From: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 19:09:03 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: doc/go1.21: document reflect.Value escape improvements
X-Git-Tag: go1.21rc1~503
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=51fe7062d3bdcf3c1fc6de5b8ef8aa689a1d2b73;p=gostls13.git

doc/go1.21: document reflect.Value escape improvements

With CL 408826, CL 413474, etc. reflect.ValueOf no longer
unconditionally escapes its argument, allowing a Value's content
to be allocated on the stack.

Change-Id: I3a0af85c11e2fd0df42b056095565f0ce5548886
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/494657
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: David Chase <drchase@google.com>
Run-TryBot: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
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diff --git a/doc/go1.21.html b/doc/go1.21.html
index 14a2e5fabc..e483e1e556 100644
--- a/doc/go1.21.html
+++ b/doc/go1.21.html
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ Do not send CLs removing the interior tags from such phrases.
   </dd>
 </dl>
 
+<dl id="reflect"><dt><a href="/pkg/reflect/">reflect</a></dt>
+  <dd>
+    <p><!-- CL 408826, CL 413474 -->
+      In Go 1.21, <a href="/pkg/reflect/#ValueOf"><code>ValueOf</code></a>
+      no longer forces its argument to be allocated on the heap, allowing
+      a <code>Value</code>'s content to be allocated on the stack. Most
+      operations on a <code>Value</code> also allow the underlying value
+      to be stack allocated.
+    </p>
+  </dd>
+</dl>
+
 <dl id="sync"><dt><a href="/pkg/sync/">sync</a></dt>
   <dd>
     <p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/56102, CL 451356 -->