From: Patrick Mézard <patrick@mezard.eu>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:18:40 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: time: explicitely mention Tickers have to be stopped
X-Git-Tag: go1.3beta1~615
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7403071ada618d2db82b7897cce19cd1627c8831;p=gostls13.git

time: explicitely mention Tickers have to be stopped

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https://golang.org/cl/64770043
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diff --git a/src/pkg/time/tick.go b/src/pkg/time/tick.go
index b92c339c02..3b42b66cfe 100644
--- a/src/pkg/time/tick.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/tick.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type Ticker struct {
 // time with a period specified by the duration argument.
 // It adjusts the intervals or drops ticks to make up for slow receivers.
 // The duration d must be greater than zero; if not, NewTicker will panic.
+// Stop the ticker to release associated resources.
 func NewTicker(d Duration) *Ticker {
 	if d <= 0 {
 		panic(errors.New("non-positive interval for NewTicker"))