From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:13:53 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: reflect: document tie-breaking in Select
X-Git-Tag: go1.1rc2~972
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a6db2a8517f866b6f94445059ab60bc945d0d7ec;p=gostls13.git

reflect: document tie-breaking in Select

The exact words are taken from the spec.

Fixes some confusion on golang-nuts.

R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/7353044
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diff --git a/src/pkg/reflect/value.go b/src/pkg/reflect/value.go
index 2e2c807ea0..65311a6a42 100644
--- a/src/pkg/reflect/value.go
+++ b/src/pkg/reflect/value.go
@@ -1791,8 +1791,9 @@ type SelectCase struct {
 }
 
 // Select executes a select operation described by the list of cases.
-// Like the Go select statement, it blocks until one of the cases can
-// proceed and then executes that case. It returns the index of the chosen case
+// Like the Go select statement, it blocks until at least one of the cases
+// can proceed, makes a uniform pseudo-random choice,
+// and then executes that case. It returns the index of the chosen case
 // and, if that case was a receive operation, the value received and a
 // boolean indicating whether the value corresponds to a send on the channel
 // (as opposed to a zero value received because the channel is closed).