Commit 8189605a authored by Ian Lance Taylor's avatar Ian Lance Taylor

doc: change "threads" to "goroutines"

R=golang-dev, minux.ma, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/40510049
parent 1e6996ff
......@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ Why are map operations not defined to be atomic?</h3>
<p>
After long discussion it was decided that the typical use of maps did not require
safe access from multiple threads, and in those cases where it did, the map was
safe access from multiple goroutines, and in those cases where it did, the map was
probably part of some larger data structure or computation that was already
synchronized. Therefore requiring that all map operations grab a mutex would slow
down most programs and add safety to few. This was not an easy decision,
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