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Robert Griesemer 3d81d4adc9 spec: document that duplicate types are invalid in type switches
Both compilers and also go/types don't permit duplicate types in
type switches; i.e., this spec change is documenting a status quo
that has existed for some time.

Furthermore, duplicate nils are not accepted by gccgo or go/types;
and more recently started causing a compiler error in gc. Permitting
them is inconsistent with the existing status quo.

Rather than making it an implementation restriction (as we have for
expression switches), this is a hard requirement since it was enforced
from the beginning (except for duplicate nils); it is also a well
specified requirement that does not pose a significant burden for
an implementation.

Fixes #15896.

Change-Id: If12db5bafa87598b323ea84418cb05421e657dd8
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/23584
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
2016-05-31 23:53:43 +00:00
.github doc: update issue template 2016-03-09 00:52:16 +00:00
api io: remove SizedReaderAt 2016-05-24 15:37:27 +00:00
doc spec: document that duplicate types are invalid in type switches 2016-05-31 23:53:43 +00:00
lib/time all: make copyright headers consistent with one space after period 2016-05-02 13:43:18 +00:00
misc runtime/cgo: add TSAN acquire/release calls 2016-05-31 20:53:16 +00:00
src flag: recognize "0s" as the zero value for a flag.Duration 2016-05-31 23:45:47 +00:00
test test: add more switch error handling tests 2016-05-31 22:29:36 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: prevent all magic line ending changes 2014-12-12 23:14:54 +00:00
.gitignore cmd/go: fail with nice error message on bad GOOS/GOARCH pair 2016-05-06 01:18:07 +00:00
AUTHORS A+C: add Andre Nathan (individual CLA) 2016-05-24 13:54:49 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md doc: use new Gerrit URL and mention our instance in CONTRIBUTING.md 2016-03-09 00:52:42 +00:00
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