From eaa92e027b005139e8c5c982d70b585a8940125c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:43:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow indexing of slice types, but not pointer to slice type.
 Allow indexing of string type, but not pointer to string type. Do not allow
 indexing of pointer to map type.

R=r
DELTA=18  (14 added, 0 deleted, 4 changed)
OCL=30586
CL=30754
---
 doc/go_spec.html | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index 37faf1c905..ef39535d6f 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -2155,17 +2155,31 @@ The value <code>x</code> is called the
 <i>array index</i> or <i>map key</i>, respectively. The following
 rules apply:
 </p>
+
 <p>
 For <code>a</code> of type <code>A</code> or <code>*A</code>
-where <code>A</code> is an array type (§Array types):
+where <code>A</code> is an array type (§Array types),
+or for <code>a</code> of type <code>S</code> where <code>S</code> is a slice type (§Slice types):
 </p>
 <ul>
 	<li><code>x</code> must be an integer value and <code>0 &lt;= x &lt; len(a)</code>
 	<li><code>a[x]</code> is the array element at index <code>x</code> and the type of
 	  <code>a[x]</code> is the element type of <code>A</code>
 </ul>
+
+<p>
+For <code>a</code> of type <code>T</code>
+where <code>T</code> is a string type (§Strings):
+</p>
+<ul>
+	<li><code>x</code> must be an integer value and <code>0 &lt;= x &lt; len(a)</code>
+	<li><code>a[x]</code> is the byte at index <code>x</code> and the type of
+	  <code>a[x]</code> is <code>byte</code>
+	<li><code>a[x]</code> may not be assigned to
+</ul>
+
 <p>
-For <code>a</code> of type <code>M</code> or <code>*M</code>
+For <code>a</code> of type <code>M</code>
 where <code>M</code> is a map type (§Map types):
 </p>
 <ul>
@@ -2248,7 +2262,7 @@ For arrays or strings, the indexes
 for slices, the upper bound is the capacity rather than the length.
 <p>
 If the sliced operand is a string, the result of the slice operation is another, new
-string (§String types). If the sliced operand is an array or slice, the result
+string (§Strings). If the sliced operand is an array or slice, the result
 of the slice operation is a slice (§Slice types).
 </p>
 
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