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Robert Griesemer authored
(Replacement for CL 11884043.) 1) Explain a[i] and a[i:j] where a is of type *A as shortcut for (*a)[i] and (*a)[i:j], respectively. 2) Together with 1), because len() of nil slices is well defined, there's no need to special case nil operands anymore. 3) The result of indexing or slicing a constant string is always a non-constant byte or string value. 4) The result of slicing an untyped string is a value of type string. 5) If the operand of a valid slice a[i:j] is nil (i, j must be 0 for it to be valid - this already follows from the in-range rules), the result is a nil slice. Fixes #4913. Fixes #5951. R=r, rsc, iant, ken CC=golang-dev https://golang.org/cl/12198043
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