Commit 94a9bc96 authored by Ian Lance Taylor's avatar Ian Lance Taylor

regexp: document that Longest method is not concurrent-safe

Change-Id: I9ec137502353e65325087dfb60ee9bd68ffd286d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/38447Reviewed-by: 's avatarRuss Cox <rsc@golang.org>
parent 89ff0b1b
......@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ import (
)
// Regexp is the representation of a compiled regular expression.
// A Regexp is safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines.
// A Regexp is safe for concurrent use by multiple goroutines,
// except for configuration methods, such as Longest.
type Regexp struct {
// read-only after Compile
regexpRO
......@@ -159,6 +160,8 @@ func CompilePOSIX(expr string) (*Regexp, error) {
// That is, when matching against text, the regexp returns a match that
// begins as early as possible in the input (leftmost), and among those
// it chooses a match that is as long as possible.
// This method modifies the Regexp and may not be called concurrently
// with any other methods.
func (re *Regexp) Longest() {
re.longest = true
}
......
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