diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html index 881d166566..214d1c0acc 100644 --- a/doc/go_spec.html +++ b/doc/go_spec.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -837,9 +837,9 @@ multi-dimensional types.
-A slice is a reference to a contiguous segment of an array and
-contains a numbered sequence of elements from that array. A slice
-type denotes the set of all slices of arrays of its element type.
+A slice is a descriptor for a contiguous segment of an array and
+provides access to a numbered sequence of elements from that array.
+A slice type denotes the set of all slices of arrays of its element type.
The value of an uninitialized slice is nil.
-Slices, maps and channels are reference types that do not require the
-extra indirection of an allocation with new.
The built-in function make takes a type T,
which must be a slice, map or channel type,
optionally followed by a type-specific list of expressions.