Fixes #16258.

Docs for Encode and EncodeValue do not mention that
nil pointers are not permitted hence we panic,
because Gobs encode values yet nil pointers have no value
to encode. It moves a comment that was internal to EncodeValue
to the top level to make it clearer to users what to expect
when they pass in nil pointers.
Supplements test TestTopLevelNilPointer.

Change-Id: Ie54f609fde4b791605960e088456047eb9aa8738
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/24740
Reviewed-by: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Andrew Gerrand <adg@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>

Fixes #13808.

Change-Id: Ifbd5644da995a812438a405485c9e08b4503a313
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/22352
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>

The documentation was inconsistent. It said zero values were not sent, but
that zero-valued elements of arrays and arrays were sent. But which rule
applies if the array is all zero elements, and is therefore itself a zero value?

The answer is: the array is transmitted. In principle the other choice could
be made, but there would be considerable expense and complexity required
to implement this behavior now, not to mention worries about changes of
behavior.

Therefore we just document the situation: Arrays, slices, and maps are
always encoded. It would perhaps be nice to have sorted this out earlier,
but it was a missed opportunity.

Fixes #13378

Change-Id: I8fae345edfa707fcfa7a3e0160d87ff1ac5cc5a2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/17394
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>

Fixes #13378

Change-Id: Ia78624ca1aa36ee906cef15416ea5554fa8229f2
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/17201
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>

This is understood, obvious (to me), and well known but has not been clearly documented.

Fixes #11117.

Change-Id: Ib2b1e318924748d1eac0d735ad6286533be7fd39
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/14693
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>

The previous commit (git 2ae77376) just did golang.org.  This one
includes golang.org subdomains like blog, play, and build.

Change-Id: I4469f7b307ae2a12ea89323422044e604c5133ae
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/12071
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>

Fixes #10908.

Change-Id: I5ac4bd90204bc230610dcced47ce5b2253e5a004
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/10250
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>

Preparation was in CL 134570043.
This CL contains only the effect of 'hg mv src/pkg/* src'.
For more about the move, see golang.org/s/go14nopkg.