From: David Symonds <dsymonds@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:55:07 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: [release-branch.go1] doc: Don't imply incorrect guarantees about data races.
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[release-branch.go1] doc: Don't imply incorrect guarantees about data races.

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doc: Don't imply incorrect guarantees about data races.

A race between
        a = "hello, world"
and
        print(a)
is not guaranteed to print either "hello, world" or "".
Its behaviour is undefined.

Fixes #4039.

R=rsc
CC=dvyukov, gobot, golang-dev, r
https://golang.org/cl/6489075

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diff --git a/doc/go_mem.html b/doc/go_mem.html
index ece230638e..0b73e43c4a 100644
--- a/doc/go_mem.html
+++ b/doc/go_mem.html
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ before the <code>print</code>.
 <p>
 If the channel were buffered (e.g., <code>c = make(chan int, 1)</code>)
 then the program would not be guaranteed to print
-<code>"hello, world"</code>.  (It might print the empty string;
-it cannot print <code>"goodbye, universe"</code>, nor can it crash.)
+<code>"hello, world"</code>.  (It might print the empty string,
+crash, or do something else.)
 </p>
 
 <h3>Locks</h3>