From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 20:54:01 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: flag: improve comment for calling String with zero value
X-Git-Tag: go1.8beta1~1674
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8050782cba45c739bfb2cd735766879098c48d99;p=gostls13.git

flag: improve comment for calling String with zero value

Update #16694.

Change-Id: Id6be1535d8a146b3dac3bee429ce407a51272032
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/27634
Run-TryBot: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/flag/flag.go b/src/flag/flag.go
index 6c9b292b26..e4705f2392 100644
--- a/src/flag/flag.go
+++ b/src/flag/flag.go
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ func (d *durationValue) String() string { return (*time.Duration)(d).String() }
 // rather than using the next command-line argument.
 //
 // Set is called once, in command line order, for each flag present.
-// String must work on the zero value of the dynamic type.
+// The flag package may call the String method with a zero-valued receiver,
+// such as a nil pointer.
 type Value interface {
 	String() string
 	Set(string) error