From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:15:26 +0000 (+1100)
Subject: go 1: add a description of the os error changes.
X-Git-Tag: weekly.2012-02-22~116
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c3ef1980209ff152dec97203bb987d2d74a79bba;p=gostls13.git

go 1: add a description of the os error changes.
I'm sure I wrote these before but they've disappeared.

R=golang-dev, bradfitz, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5673100
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diff --git a/doc/go1.html b/doc/go1.html
index 2691fc66c9..59d8e25246 100644
--- a/doc/go1.html
+++ b/doc/go1.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
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-<!-- Center the tables, and disable the 1995 3D borders -->
+<!-- Center the tables, and disable the 1995-era 3D borders -->
 <style>
 table { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border-style: none; }
 hr { border-style: none; border-top: 1px solid black; }
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ Running <code>go fix</code> will update calls that assign the error to _.
 Calls that aren't fixed will be caught by the compiler and must be updated by hand.
 </p>
 
-<h3 id="bufio">The compress/flate, compress/gzip and compress/zlib packages</h3>
+<h3 id="compress">The compress/flate, compress/gzip and compress/zlib packages</h3>
 
 <p>
 In Go 1, the <code>NewWriterXxx</code> functions in
@@ -1418,24 +1418,44 @@ The semantic change makes it difficult for the fix tool to update automatically.
 
 <h3 id="os">The os package</h3>
 
-<p>The <code>Time</code> function has been removed; callers should use
+<p>
+The <code>Time</code> function has been removed; callers should use
 the <a href="/pkg/time/#Time"><code>Time</code></a> type from the
-<code>time</code> package.</p>
+<code>time</code> package.
+</p>
 
-<p>The <code>Exec</code> function has been removed; callers should use
-<code>Exec</code> from the <code>syscall</code> package, where available.</p>
+<p>
+The <code>Exec</code> function has been removed; callers should use
+<code>Exec</code> from the <code>syscall</code> package, where available.
+</p>
 
-<p>The <code>ShellExpand</code> function has been renamed to <a
-href="/pkg/os/#ExpandEnv"><code>ExpandEnv</code></a>.</p>
+<p>
+The <code>ShellExpand</code> function has been renamed to <a
+href="/pkg/os/#ExpandEnv"><code>ExpandEnv</code></a>.
+</p>
 
-<p>The <a href="/pkg/os/#NewFile"><code>NewFile</code></a> function
+<p>
+The <a href="/pkg/os/#NewFile"><code>NewFile</code></a> function
 now takes a <code>uintptr</code> fd, instead of an <code>int</code>.
 The <a href="/pkg/os/#File.Fd"><code>Fd</code></a> method on files now
-also returns a <code>uintptr</code>.</p>
+also returns a <code>uintptr</code>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+There are no longer error constants such as <code>EINVAL</code>
+in the <code>os</code> package, since the set of values varied with
+the underlying operating system. There are new portable functions like
+<a href="/pkg/os/#IsPermission"><code>IsPermission</code></a>
+to test common error properties, plus a few new error values
+with more Go-like names, such as
+<a href="/pkg/os/#ErrPermission"><code>ErrPermission</code></a>
+and
+<a href="/pkg/os/#ErrNoEnv"><code>ErrNoEnv</code></a>.
+
 
 <p>
 <em>Updating</em>:
-What little code is affected will be caught by the compiler and must be updated by hand.
+Affected code will be caught by the compiler and must be updated by hand.
 </p>
 
 <h4 id="os_fileinfo">The os.FileInfo type</h4>
@@ -1572,7 +1592,7 @@ will need to be updated by hand.
 The compiler will catch code using the old interface.
 </p>
 
-<h3 id="os/signal">The os/signal package</h3>
+<h3 id="os_signal">The os/signal package</h3>
 
 <p>
 The <code>os/signal</code> package in Go 1 replaces the
diff --git a/doc/go1.tmpl b/doc/go1.tmpl
index 510f2f700c..58eb1073bd 100644
--- a/doc/go1.tmpl
+++ b/doc/go1.tmpl
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ Running <code>go fix</code> will update calls that assign the error to _.
 Calls that aren't fixed will be caught by the compiler and must be updated by hand.
 </p>
 
-<h3 id="bufio">The compress/flate, compress/gzip and compress/zlib packages</h3>
+<h3 id="compress">The compress/flate, compress/gzip and compress/zlib packages</h3>
 
 <p>
 In Go 1, the <code>NewWriterXxx</code> functions in
@@ -1321,24 +1321,44 @@ The semantic change makes it difficult for the fix tool to update automatically.
 
 <h3 id="os">The os package</h3>
 
-<p>The <code>Time</code> function has been removed; callers should use
+<p>
+The <code>Time</code> function has been removed; callers should use
 the <a href="/pkg/time/#Time"><code>Time</code></a> type from the
-<code>time</code> package.</p>
+<code>time</code> package.
+</p>
 
-<p>The <code>Exec</code> function has been removed; callers should use
-<code>Exec</code> from the <code>syscall</code> package, where available.</p>
+<p>
+The <code>Exec</code> function has been removed; callers should use
+<code>Exec</code> from the <code>syscall</code> package, where available.
+</p>
 
-<p>The <code>ShellExpand</code> function has been renamed to <a
-href="/pkg/os/#ExpandEnv"><code>ExpandEnv</code></a>.</p>
+<p>
+The <code>ShellExpand</code> function has been renamed to <a
+href="/pkg/os/#ExpandEnv"><code>ExpandEnv</code></a>.
+</p>
 
-<p>The <a href="/pkg/os/#NewFile"><code>NewFile</code></a> function
+<p>
+The <a href="/pkg/os/#NewFile"><code>NewFile</code></a> function
 now takes a <code>uintptr</code> fd, instead of an <code>int</code>.
 The <a href="/pkg/os/#File.Fd"><code>Fd</code></a> method on files now
-also returns a <code>uintptr</code>.</p>
+also returns a <code>uintptr</code>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+There are no longer error constants such as <code>EINVAL</code>
+in the <code>os</code> package, since the set of values varied with
+the underlying operating system. There are new portable functions like
+<a href="/pkg/os/#IsPermission"><code>IsPermission</code></a>
+to test common error properties, plus a few new error values
+with more Go-like names, such as
+<a href="/pkg/os/#ErrPermission"><code>ErrPermission</code></a>
+and
+<a href="/pkg/os/#ErrNoEnv"><code>ErrNoEnv</code></a>.
+
 
 <p>
 <em>Updating</em>:
-What little code is affected will be caught by the compiler and must be updated by hand.
+Affected code will be caught by the compiler and must be updated by hand.
 </p>
 
 <h4 id="os_fileinfo">The os.FileInfo type</h4>
@@ -1457,7 +1477,7 @@ will need to be updated by hand.
 The compiler will catch code using the old interface.
 </p>
 
-<h3 id="os/signal">The os/signal package</h3>
+<h3 id="os_signal">The os/signal package</h3>
 
 <p>
 The <code>os/signal</code> package in Go 1 replaces the