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doc: update go1.8.html after feedback from Russ 

Address Russ's feedback from https://golang.org/cl/33244

TBR=See https://golang.org/cl/33244

Updates #17929

Change-Id: I708d71f519f6414ecec629d3c273d9e737d8ed50
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/33656Reviewed-by: 's avatarBrad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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......@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ and <a href="#sort">simplifies sorting slices</a>.
<p>
When explicitly converting structs, tags are now ignored for structural type identity.
See <a href="https://golang.org/cl/24190">change 24190</a> for details.
See <a href="/ref/spec#Conversions">language specification</a> for details.
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 17711 -->
The language specification now only requires that implementations
support up to 16-bit exponents in constants. This does not affect
support up to 16-bit exponents in floating-point constants. This does not affect
either the <code>gc</code> or <code>gccgo</code> compilers, both of
which still support 32-bit exponents.
</p>
......@@ -107,17 +107,96 @@ and <code>VMOVSLDUP</code>.</p>
<p>
For 64-bit PPC systems, the common vector scalar instructions have been
added. See <a href="https://golang.org/cl/30510">change 30510</a>.
added:
<code>LXS</code>,
<code>LXSDX</code>,
<code>LXSI</code>,
<code>LXSIWAX</code>,
<code>LXSIWZX</code>,
<code>LXV</code>,
<code>LXVD2X</code>,
<code>LXVDSX</code>,
<code>LXVW4X</code>,
<code>MFVSR</code>,
<code>MFVSRD</code>,
<code>MFVSRWZ</code>,
<code>MTVSR</code>,
<code>MTVSRD</code>,
<code>MTVSRWA</code>,
<code>MTVSRWZ</code>,
<code>STXS</code>,
<code>STXSDX</code>,
<code>STXSI</code>,
<code>STXSIWX</code>,
<code>STXV</code>,
<code>STXVD2X</code>,
<code>STXVW4X</code>,
<code>XSCV</code>,
<code>XSCVDPSP</code>,
<code>XSCVDPSPN</code>,
<code>XSCVDPSXDS</code>,
<code>XSCVDPSXWS</code>,
<code>XSCVDPUXDS</code>,
<code>XSCVDPUXWS</code>,
<code>XSCVSPDP</code>,
<code>XSCVSPDPN</code>,
<code>XSCVSXDDP</code>,
<code>XSCVSXDSP</code>,
<code>XSCVUXDDP</code>,
<code>XSCVUXDSP</code>,
<code>XSCVX</code>,
<code>XSCVXP</code>,
<code>XVCV</code>,
<code>XVCVDPSP</code>,
<code>XVCVDPSXDS</code>,
<code>XVCVDPSXWS</code>,
<code>XVCVDPUXDS</code>,
<code>XVCVDPUXWS</code>,
<code>XVCVSPDP</code>,
<code>XVCVSPSXDS</code>,
<code>XVCVSPSXWS</code>,
<code>XVCVSPUXDS</code>,
<code>XVCVSPUXWS</code>,
<code>XVCVSXDDP</code>,
<code>XVCVSXDSP</code>,
<code>XVCVSXWDP</code>,
<code>XVCVSXWSP</code>,
<code>XVCVUXDDP</code>,
<code>XVCVUXDSP</code>,
<code>XVCVUXWDP</code>,
<code>XVCVUXWSP</code>,
<code>XVCVX</code>,
<code>XVCVXP</code>,
<code>XXLAND</code>,
<code>XXLANDC</code>,
<code>XXLANDQ</code>,
<code>XXLEQV</code>,
<code>XXLNAND</code>,
<code>XXLNOR</code>,
<code>XXLOR</code>,
<code>XXLORC</code>,
<code>XXLORQ</code>,
<code>XXLXOR</code>,
<code>XXMRG</code>,
<code>XXMRGHW</code>,
<code>XXMRGLW</code>,
<code>XXPERM</code>,
<code>XXPERMDI</code>,
<code>XXSEL</code>,
<code>XXSI</code>,
<code>XXSLDWI</code>,
<code>XXSPLT</code>, and
<code>XXSPLTW</code>.
</p>
<h3 id="tool_yacc">Yacc</h3>
<p> <!-- CL 27324, CL 27325 -->
The <code>yacc</code> (previously available via
The <code>yacc</code> tool (previously available via
“<code>go</code> <code>tool</code> <code>yacc</code>”)
has been removed. As of Go 1.7 it was no longer used by the Go compiler.
It has moved to the “tools” repository and is and is available via
<code>go get <a href="https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc">golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc</a></code>.
<code>go</code> <code>get</code> <code><a href="https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc">golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goyacc</a></code>.
</p>
<h3 id="compiler">Compiler Toolchain</h3>
......@@ -140,8 +219,8 @@ TODO: ARM binary size & perf numbers.
</p>
<p>
The temporary <code>-ssa=0</code> flag introduced in Go 1.7 to disable
the new backend has been removed in Go 1.8.
The temporary <code>-ssa=0</code> compiler flag introduced in Go 1.7
to disable the new backend has been removed in Go 1.8.
</p>
<p>
......@@ -180,13 +259,17 @@ is unchanged, but there are a number of changes worth noting.
</p>
<p>
A new “<code>go</code> <code>bug</code>” command helps users file bug reports.
A new
“<a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Print_information_for_bug_reports"><code>go</code>
<code>bug</code></a>” command helps users file bug reports.
</p>
<h3 id="cmd_doc">Go doc</h3>
<p> <!-- CL 25419 -->
The “<code>go</code> <code>doc</code>” command
The
“<a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Show_documentation_for_package_or_symbol"><code>go</code>
<code>doc</code></a>” command
now groups constants and variables with their type,
following the behavior of
<a href="/cmd/godoc/"><code>godoc</code></a>.
......@@ -203,14 +286,14 @@ A new “<code>go</code> <code>bug</code>” command helps users file bug report
explicitly.
</p>
<h3 id="plugin">Plug-ins</h3>
<h3 id="plugin">Plugins</h3>
<p>
Go now supports a “<code>plugin</code>” build mode for generating
plug-ins written in Go, and a
plugins written in Go, and a
new <a href="/pkg/plugin/"><code>plugin</code></a> package for
loading such plug-ins at run time. Plug-ins support is only currently
available on Linux and Darwin.
loading such plugins at run time. Plugin support is only currently
available on Linux and macOS.
</p>
<h2 id="runtime">Runtime</h2>
......@@ -256,19 +339,22 @@ packages.
<h3 id="gc">Garbage Collector</h3>
<p>
Garbage collection pauses should be significantly shorter than they
were in Go 1.7, often as low as 10 microseconds and usually under 100
microseconds.
See the
<a href="https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/17503-eliminate-rescan.md">
document on eliminating stop-the-world stack re-scanning</a> for details.
More work remains for Go 1.9.
Garbage collection pauses should be significantly shorter than they
were in Go 1.7, often as low as 10 microseconds and usually under 100
microseconds.
See the
<a href="https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/17503-eliminate-rescan.md"
>document on eliminating stop-the-world stack re-scanning</a>
for details. More work remains for Go 1.9.
</p>
<h3 id="defer">Defer</h3>
<!-- CL 29656, CL 29656 -->
<p><code>defer</code> calls are now about twice as fast.</p>
<p>
The overhead of <a href="/ref/spec/#Defer_statements">deferred
function calls</a> has been reduced by half.
</p>
<h3 id="cgoperf">Cgo</h3>
......@@ -375,7 +461,7 @@ in mind.
The encoder, when operating in
<a href="/pkg/compress/flate/#NoCompression"><code>NoCompression</code></a>
mode, now produces a consistent output that is not dependent on
the size of the input buffer to the
the size of the slices passed to the
<a href="/pkg/compress/flate/#Writer.Write"><code>Write</code></a>
method.
</p>
......@@ -399,7 +485,7 @@ in mind.
field is the zero value.
In previous releases of Go, the <code>Writer</code> would encode
a non-sensible value.
a nonsensical value.
Similarly,
the <a href="/pkg/compress/gzip/#Reader"><code>Reader</code></a>
......@@ -502,7 +588,10 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<dl id="encoding_base64"><dt><a href="/pkg/encoding/base64/">encoding/base64</a></dt>
<dd>
<p> <!-- CL 24964 -->
The new <a href="/pkg/encoding/base64/#Encoding.Strict"><code>Encoding.Strict</code></a> method returns an <code>Encoding</code> that causes the decoder to return an error when the trailing padding bits are not zero.
The new
<a href="/pkg/encoding/base64/#Encoding.Strict"><code>Encoding.Strict</code></a>
method returns an <code>Encoding</code> that causes the decoder
to return an error when the trailing padding bits are not zero.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
......@@ -536,14 +625,17 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 30371 -->
Numbers are now formatted in the same floating point format as they are in ES6.
Marshal encodes floating-point numbers using the same format as in ES6,
preferring decimal (not exponential) notation for a wider range of values.
In particular, all floating-point integers up to 2<sup>64</sup> format the
same as the equivalent <code>int64</code> representation.
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 30944 -->
Implementations
of <a href="/pkg/encoding/json/#Unmarshaler"><code>Unmarshaler</code></a>
are now called with the literal "<code>null</code>" and can
decide what to do with it.
decide how to handle it.
</p>
</dd>
......@@ -593,10 +685,14 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<dl id="math_rand"><dt><a href="/pkg/math/rand/">math/rand</a></dt>
<dd>
<p>
There is a new
method <a href="/pkg/math/rand/#Rand.Uint64"><code>Rand.Uint64</code></a>
to return <code>uint64</code> values. <!-- CL 27253 -->
<p><!-- CL 27253, CL 33456 -->
The new <a href="/pkg/math/rand/#Rand.Uint64"><code>Rand.Uint64</code></a>
method returns <code>uint64</code> values. The
new <a href="/pkg/math/rand/#Rand.Source64"><code>Rand.Source64</code></a>
interface describes sources capable of generating such values
directly; otherwise the <code>Rand.Uint64</code> method
constructs a <code>uint64</code> from two calls
to <code>Rand.Source</code>'s <code>Int63</code> method.
</p>
</dd>
......@@ -628,11 +724,10 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<li>The server now supports graceful shutdown support, <a href="#http_shutdown">mentioned above</a>.</li>
<li> <!-- CL 32024 -->
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/#Server"><code>Server</code></a> now
has new configuration options
<code>ReadHeaderTimeout</code> and <code>IdleTimeout</code>.
The previously ill-defined <code>WriteTimeout</code> is now
documented.
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/#Server"><code>Server</code></a>
adds configuration options
<code>ReadHeaderTimeout</code> and <code>IdleTimeout</code>
and documents <code>WriteTimeout</code>.
</li>
<li> <!-- CL 32014 -->
......@@ -666,26 +761,28 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
support.
</li>
<li><!-- CL 32479 --> There is now a second way to serve trailers
for when the trailer name is not known before the headers are
written (via a call to
to <code>ResponseWriter.WriteHeader</code>). The old way
continues to work, but when the trailer is only known after the
header has been written, see the
new <a href="/pkg/net/http/#TrailerPrefix"><code>TrailerPrefix</code></a>.</li>
<li><!-- CL 32479 -->
To serve trailers known after the header has been written,
see the new
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#TrailerPrefix"><code>TrailerPrefix</code></a>
mechanism.
</li>
<li><!-- CL 33099 -->
A <code>Handler</code> now has a supported mechanism to abort a
response: panicking with
A <code>Handler</code> can now abort a response by panicking
with the error
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#ErrAbortHandler"><code>ErrAbortHandler</code></a>.
</li>
<li><!-- CL 30812 -->
There is now a supported mechanism to test whether a
<code>ResponseWriter</code> has been hijacked: <code>Write</code> zero bytes to it.
While this previously returned
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#ErrHijacked"><code>ErrHijacked</code></a>, now
it also does so without spamming the server's error log.
A <code>Write</code> of zero bytes to a
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#ResponseWriter"><code>ResponseWriter</code></a>
is now defined as a
way to test whether a <code>ResponseWriter</code> has been hijacked:
if so, the <code>Write</code> returns
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#ErrHijacked"><code>ErrHijacked</code></a>
without printing an error
to the server's error log.
</li>
</ul>
......@@ -693,16 +790,23 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<p>Client &amp; Transport changes:</p>
<ul>
<li><!-- CL 28930 -->
The <code>Client</code> now copies request headers on redirect.
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/#Client"><code>Client</code></a>
now copies most request headers on redirect. Authentication-specific
headers are only sent to the same origin or subdomains thereof.
Cookies are not sent again, unless they were set explicitly.
TODO: verify this, and link to docs once https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18096
is fixed.
</li>
<li><!-- CL 29072 -->
The <code>Transport</code> now supports international domain names.
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/#Transport"><code>Transport</code></a>
now supports international domain names. Consequently, so do
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#Get">Get</a> and other helpers.
</li>
<li><!-- CL 31733, CL 29852 -->
The <code>Client</code> now supports 307 and 308 redirects.
If the redirect involves re-sending the request body,
If the redirect requires resending the request body,
the request must have the new
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#Request"><code>Request.GetBody</code></a>
field defined.
......@@ -730,7 +834,7 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<li> <!-- CL 28077 -->
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/#DefaultTransport"><code>DefaultTransport.Dialer</code></a>
now enables <code>DualStack</code> ("Happy Eyeballs") support,
now enables <code>DualStack</code> ("<a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6555">Happy Eyeballs</a>") support,
to use IPv4 as a backup if it looks like IPv6 might be
failing.
</li>
......@@ -743,14 +847,22 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<dd>
<p> <!-- CL 32176 -->
Empty quoted strings are now allowed in the name part of an
address. That is, this is now a legal address:
<code>"" &lt;gopher@example.com&gt;</code>
Empty quoted strings are once again allowed in the name part of
an address. That is, Go 1.4 and earlier accepted
<code>"" &lt;gopher@example.com&gt;</code>,
but Go 1.5 introduced a bug that rejected this address.
The address is recognized again.
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 31581 -->
The <a href="/pkg/net/mail/#ParseDate"><code>ParseDate</code></a>
function has been exported.
The
<a href="/pkg/net/mail/#Header.Date"><code>Header.Date</code></a>
method has always provided a way to parse
the <code>Date:</code> header.
A new function
<a href="/pkg/net/mail/#ParseDate"><code>ParseDate</code></a>
allows parsing dates found in other
header lines, such as the <code>Resent-Date:</code> header.
</p>
</dd>
......@@ -760,10 +872,12 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<dd>
<p> <!-- CL 33143 -->
If implementations of the <a href="/pkg/net/smtp/#Auth"><code>Auth</code></a>
interface return an empty <code>toServer</code> value, the package
no longer sends trailing whitespace after the SMTP <code>AUTH</code>
command, which some servers rejected.
If an implementation of
the <a href="/pkg/net/smtp/#Auth"><code>Auth</code></a>
interface's <code>Start</code> method returns an
empty <code>toServer</code> value, the package no longer sends
trailing whitespace in the SMTP <code>AUTH</code> command,
which some servers rejected.
</p>
</dd>
......@@ -777,7 +891,7 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
and
<a href="/pkg/net/url/#PathUnescape"><code>PathUnescape</code></a>
are similar to the query escaping and unescaping functions but
don't treat spaces specially.</p>
for path elements.</p>
<p> <!-- CL 28933 --> The new methods
<a href="/pkg/net/url/#URL.Hostname"><code>URL.Hostname</code></a>
......@@ -796,13 +910,18 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<p> <!-- CL 31467 -->
The <code>URL</code> type now implements
<a href="/pkg/encoding/#BinaryMarshaler"><code>encoding.BinaryMarshaler</code></a> and
<a href="/pkg/encoding/#BinaryUnmarshaler"><code>encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler</code></a>.
<a href="/pkg/encoding/#BinaryUnmarshaler"><code>encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler</code></a>,
making it possible to process URLs in <a href="/pkg/encoding/gob/">gob data</a>.
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 29610, CL 31582 -->
<code>Parse</code> now rejects relative URLs containing a "<code>:</code>" in
the first path segment. Such paths should be prefixed with "<code>./</code>".
The <code>URL.String</code> method now prepends "<code>./</code>" to such paths.
Following RFC 3986,
<a href="/pkg/net/url/#Parse"><code>Parse</code></a>
now rejects URLs like <code>this_that:other/thing</code> instead of
interpreting them as relative paths (<code>this_that</code> is not a valid scheme).
To force interpretation as a relative path,
such URLs should be prefixed with <code>"./"</code>.
The <code>URL.String</code> method now inserts this prefix as needed.
</p>
</dd>
......@@ -823,9 +942,7 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<p> <!-- CL 30088 -->
The new function
<a href="/pkg/reflect/#Swapper"><code>Swapper</code></a> was
added to support
the <a href="#sortslice">new <code>sort.Slice</code>
support</a>.
added to support <a href="#sortslice"><code>sort.Slice</code></a>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
......@@ -836,7 +953,8 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<p> <!-- CL 31210 -->
The <a href="/pkg/strconv/#Unquote"><code>Unquote</code></a>
function now strips carriage returns (<code>\r</code>) in
backquoted raw strings.
backquoted raw strings, following the
<a href="/ref/spec#String_literals">Go language semantics</a>.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
......@@ -849,7 +967,10 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
the analogous <code>Since</code> function.
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 29338 --> <code>ParseDuration</code> now accepts long fractional parts.</p>
<p> <!-- CL 29338 -->
<a href="/pkg/time/#ParseDuration"><code>ParseDuration</code></a>
now accepts long fractional parts.
</p>
<p> <!-- CL 33429 -->
<code>Parse</code> now validates days that are too small, in
......@@ -886,12 +1007,14 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<p><!-- CL 32483 -->
The new function
<a href="/pkg/testing/#CoverMode"><code>CoverMode</code></a>
reports what the test coverage mode is set to.
reports the test coverage mode.
</p>
<p><!-- CL 32615 -->
Tests and benchmarks are now marked as failed if the race
detector is enabled and a data race occurs during execution.
Previously, individual test cases would appear to pass,
and only the overall execution of the test binary would fail.
</p>
</dd>
......@@ -902,17 +1025,7 @@ pkg debug/pe, type StringTable []uint8</pre>
<p><!-- CL 30935 -->
<code>SimpleFold</code> now returns its argument unchanged
if the provided input was an invalid rune.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<dl id="foo"><dt><a href="/pkg/foo/">foo</a></dt>
<dd>
<p> <!-- CL nnn -->
Previously, the implementation failed with an index bounds check panic.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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