From 4fafc843a27940c76f43d0d897d918dab2efd529 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tuo Shan Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 18:06:40 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] encoding/json: clarify documention for Unmarshal into a pointer. Fixes #18730. Change-Id: If3ef28e62f7e449d4c8dc1dfd78f7d6f5a87ed26 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/36478 Reviewed-by: Russ Cox --- src/encoding/json/decode.go | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode.go b/src/encoding/json/decode.go index 77fc4607db..c815599cd5 100644 --- a/src/encoding/json/decode.go +++ b/src/encoding/json/decode.go @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import ( ) // Unmarshal parses the JSON-encoded data and stores the result -// in the value pointed to by v. +// in the value pointed to by v. If v is nil or not a pointer, +// Unmarshal returns an InvalidUnmarshalError. // // Unmarshal uses the inverse of the encodings that // Marshal uses, allocating maps, slices, and pointers as necessary, -- 2.48.1