Commit 74a7cc9b authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

reflect.DeepEqual: document that empty and nil are unequal for slices

Update #4133.
Added a sentence of documentation to call out the behavior.

R=golang-dev, dsymonds
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/6572051
parent 1785bfca
......@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ func deepValueEqual(v1, v2 Value, visited map[uintptr]*visit, depth int) (b bool
// DeepEqual tests for deep equality. It uses normal == equality where possible
// but will scan members of arrays, slices, maps, and fields of structs. It correctly
// handles recursive types. Functions are equal only if they are both nil.
// Note: unlike regular ==, DeepEqual distinguishes an empty slice from a nil slice.
func DeepEqual(a1, a2 interface{}) bool {
if a1 == nil || a2 == nil {
return a1 == a2
......
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