From: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:38:22 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: doc/go1.8.txt: mention that struct conversions ignore tags
X-Git-Tag: go1.8beta1~216
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ebc0b625a07ccce6ade7a0082f4ab49c2817e965;p=gostls13.git

doc/go1.8.txt: mention that struct conversions ignore tags

Also:
- update performance improvements for CL 31275.

Change-Id: I2f2ec0a42b248643e76df8654e11bf0b01a5d030
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/33114
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
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diff --git a/doc/go1.8.txt b/doc/go1.8.txt
index 01a0924a04..ce2d55ea90 100644
--- a/doc/go1.8.txt
+++ b/doc/go1.8.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Hybrid barrier. <100us GC pauses.
 
 Language:
 
-Alias declarations?
+When explicitly converting structs, tags are ignored for structural type identity (CL 24190).
 
 Tools:
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ image/color: improve speed of RGBA methods (CL 31773)
 image/draw: optimize drawFillOver as drawFillSrc for opaque fills (CL 28790)
 math/big: avoid allocation in float.{Add, Sub} when there's no aliasing (CL 23568)
 math/big: make division faster (CL 30613)
-math/big: slightly faster float->decimal conversion (CL 31250)
+math/big: 10%-20% faster float->decimal conversion (CL 31250, CL 31275)
 math/big: use array instead of slice for deBruijn lookups (CL 26663)
 math/big: uses SIMD for some math big functions on s390x (CL 32211)
 math: speed up Gamma(+Inf) (CL 31370)