From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:29:22 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: encoding/json: document that nil slice encodes as `null`
X-Git-Tag: weekly.2012-03-13~233
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8dbd9d746d9dc8a03bdbc77eb9db23c6a46e054d;p=gostls13.git

encoding/json: document that nil slice encodes as `null`

Fixes #3189.

R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5730058
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diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go b/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go
index 5425a3a90a..edbafcf65f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/json/encode.go
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ import (
 // to keep some browsers from misinterpreting JSON output as HTML.
 //
 // Array and slice values encode as JSON arrays, except that
-// []byte encodes as a base64-encoded string.
+// []byte encodes as a base64-encoded string, and a nil slice
+// encodes as the null JSON object.
 //
 // Struct values encode as JSON objects. Each exported struct field
 // becomes a member of the object unless