Commit c1aba411 authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

fix description of iota to reflect reality.

SVN=117108
parent f53db3ea
......@@ -1246,9 +1246,11 @@ the others have.
The constant generator 'iota'
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Within a declaration, each appearance of the keyword 'iota' represents a successive
element of an integer sequence. It is reset to zero whenever the keyword 'const', 'type'
or 'var' introduces a new declaration. For instance, 'iota' can be used to construct
Within a declaration, the keyword 'iota' represents successive
elements of an integer sequence.
It is reset to zero whenever the keyword 'const'
introduces a new declaration and increments as each identifier
is declared. For instance, 'iota' can be used to construct
a set of related constants:
const (
......@@ -1266,6 +1268,7 @@ a set of related constants:
const x = iota; // sets x to 0
const y = iota; // sets y to 0
TODO: should iota work in var, type, func decls too?
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