From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:48:17 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: encoding/json: document that embedded interfaces look like non-embedded ones
X-Git-Tag: go1.4beta1~189
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8fd56bf8c49b7ffcae4f4fbebdc3bed9c7acb9ea;p=gostls13.git

encoding/json: document that embedded interfaces look like non-embedded ones

Fixes #8386.

LGTM=r
R=golang-codereviews, r
CC=golang-codereviews, iant
https://golang.org/cl/149570043
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diff --git a/src/encoding/json/encode.go b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
index b63538c922..9b7b9d5fd1 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/encode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ import (
 // as described in the next paragraph.
 // An anonymous struct field with a name given in its JSON tag is treated as
 // having that name, rather than being anonymous.
+// An anonymous struct field of interface type is treated the same as having
+// that type as its name, rather than being anonymous.
 //
 // The Go visibility rules for struct fields are amended for JSON when
 // deciding which field to marshal or unmarshal. If there are