Commit c8c8ab08 authored by Nigel Tao's avatar Nigel Tao

doc: fix effective_go: s/byte array/byte slice/.

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev, mdempsky
https://golang.org/cl/7062049
parent 1debf5bb
......@@ -726,11 +726,11 @@ func shouldEscape(c byte) bool {
</pre>
<p>
Here's a comparison routine for byte arrays that uses two
Here's a comparison routine for byte slices that uses two
<code>switch</code> statements:
</p>
<pre>
// Compare returns an integer comparing the two byte arrays,
// Compare returns an integer comparing the two byte slices,
// lexicographically.
// The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a &lt; b, and +1 if a &gt; b
func Compare(a, b []byte) int {
......@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ This is a common style; see the section on error handling for more examples.
A similar approach obviates the need to pass a pointer to a return
value to simulate a reference parameter.
Here's a simple-minded function to
grab a number from a position in a byte array, returning the number
grab a number from a position in a byte slice, returning the number
and the next position.
</p>
......@@ -827,12 +827,12 @@ func nextInt(b []byte, i int) (int, int) {
</pre>
<p>
You could use it to scan the numbers in an input array <code>a</code> like this:
You could use it to scan the numbers in an input slice <code>b</code> like this:
</p>
<pre>
for i := 0; i &lt; len(a); {
x, i = nextInt(a, i)
for i := 0; i &lt; len(b); {
x, i = nextInt(b, i)
fmt.Println(x)
}
</pre>
......@@ -1374,8 +1374,8 @@ var timeZone = map[string] int {
</pre>
<p>
Assigning and fetching map values looks syntactically just like
doing the same for arrays except that the index doesn't need to
be an integer.
doing the same for arrays and slices except that the index doesn't
need to be an integer.
</p>
<pre>
offset := timeZone["EST"]
......@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ prints
If you just want the default conversion, such as decimal for integers, you can use
the catchall format <code>%v</code> (for &ldquo;value&rdquo;); the result is exactly
what <code>Print</code> and <code>Println</code> would produce.
Moreover, that format can print <em>any</em> value, even arrays, structs, and
Moreover, that format can print <em>any</em> value, even arrays, slices, structs, and
maps. Here is a print statement for the time zone map defined in the previous section.
</p>
<pre>
......@@ -1544,8 +1544,8 @@ map[string] int{"CST":-21600, "PST":-28800, "EST":-18000, "UTC":0, "MST":-25200}
That quoted string format is also available through <code>%q</code> when
applied to a value of type <code>string</code> or <code>[]byte</code>;
the alternate format <code>%#q</code> will use backquotes instead if possible.
Also, <code>%x</code> works on strings and arrays of bytes as well as on integers,
generating a long hexadecimal string, and with
Also, <code>%x</code> works on strings, byte arrays and byte slices as well as
on integers, generating a long hexadecimal string, and with
a space in the format (<code>%&nbsp;x</code>) it puts spaces between the bytes.
</p>
<p>
......@@ -2836,7 +2836,7 @@ func init() {
<p>
When <code>panic</code> is called, including implicitly for run-time
errors such as indexing an array out of bounds or failing a type
errors such as indexing a slice out of bounds or failing a type
assertion, it immediately stops execution of the current function
and begins unwinding the stack of the goroutine, running any deferred
functions along the way. If that unwinding reaches the top of the
......@@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ that it has the local type <code>Error</code>.
If it does not, the type assertion will fail, causing a run-time error
that continues the stack unwinding as though nothing had interrupted
it. This check means that if something unexpected happens, such
as an array index out of bounds, the code will fail even though we
as an index out of bounds, the code will fail even though we
are using <code>panic</code> and <code>recover</code> to handle
user-triggered errors.
</p>
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