From: Alberto Donizetti <alb.donizetti@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:07:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: spec: reword claim about the grammar being regular
X-Git-Tag: go1.14beta1~8
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7d30af8e17d62932f8a458ad96f483b9afec6171;p=gostls13.git

spec: reword claim about the grammar being regular

Since the word "regular" has a precise meaning in the context of
formal languages, the Introduction sentence claiming that Go's grammar
is "compact and regular" may mislead readers.

Reword it using Rob's suggestion.

Fixes #36037

Change-Id: I00c1a5714bdab8878d9a77b36d67dae67d63da0f
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/211277
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 724b044aa4..4fff107c9b 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--{
 	"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
-	"Subtitle": "Version of Sep 4, 2019",
+	"Subtitle": "Version of Dec 13, 2019",
 	"Path": "/ref/spec"
 }-->
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ dependencies.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-The grammar is compact and regular, allowing for easy analysis by
-automatic tools such as integrated development environments.
+The grammar is compact and simple to parse, allowing for easy analysis
+by automatic tools such as integrated development environments.
 </p>
 
 <h2 id="Notation">Notation</h2>