From: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 17:16:31 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: go spec clarification: arrays must be addressable to be sliceable
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go spec clarification: arrays must be addressable to be sliceable

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev, r
https://golang.org/cl/2141041
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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 861c858be1..b23ef7606b 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- title The Go Programming Language Specification -->
-<!-- subtitle Version of Sep 1, 2010 -->
+<!-- subtitle Version of Sep 2, 2010 -->
 
 <!--
 TODO
@@ -2464,8 +2464,8 @@ for slices, the upper bound is the capacity rather than the length.
 <p>
 If the sliced operand is a string or slice, the result of the slice operation
 is a string or slice of the same type.
-If the sliced operand is an array, the result of the slice operation is a slice
-with the same element type as the array.
+If the sliced operand is an array, it must be <a href="#Address_operators">addressable</a>
+and the result of the slice operation is a slice with the same element type as the array.
 </p>