diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html index cc2bada913..098a92551a 100644 --- a/doc/go_spec.html +++ b/doc/go_spec.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ particular architecture.

A string type represents the set of string values. A string value is a (possibly empty) sequence of bytes. +The number of bytes is called the length of the string and is never negative. Strings are immutable: once created, it is impossible to change the contents of a string. The predeclared string type is string; @@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ it is a defined type.

-The length of a string s (its size in bytes) can be discovered using +The length of a string s can be discovered using the built-in function len. The length is a compile-time constant if the string is a constant. A string's bytes can be accessed by integer indices @@ -846,8 +847,7 @@ string, &s[i] is invalid.

An array is a numbered sequence of elements of a single type, called the element type. -The number of elements is called the length and is never -negative. +The number of elements is called the length of the array and is never negative. 

@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ multi-dimensional types.
 A slice is a descriptor for a contiguous segment of an underlying 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 number of elements is called the length of the slice and is never negative.
 The value of an uninitialized slice is nil.
 

 
@@ -891,8 +892,7 @@ SliceType = "[" "]" ElementType .

-Like arrays, slices are indexable and have a length. The length of a -slice s can be discovered by the built-in function +The length of a slice s can be discovered by the built-in function len; unlike with arrays it may change during execution. The elements can be addressed by integer indices 0 through len(s)-1. The slice index of a