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| author | Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org> | 2014-10-01 16:09:55 -0700 |
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| committer | Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org> | 2014-10-01 16:09:55 -0700 |
| commit | caed88cb1883491028f889e844751c4a8ebb461d (patch) | |
| tree | c741fb95dfe63aa3aab2d473dd32ece81ffa89b5 /src/encoding | |
| parent | 03ad4cafb641a61aac3bed5ee7aa3502e24424df (diff) | |
| download | go-caed88cb1883491028f889e844751c4a8ebb461d.tar.gz | |
encoding/binary: slightly better documentation
Fixes issue 7306.
LGTM=r
R=r
CC=golang-codereviews
https://codereview.appspot.com/153820044
Diffstat (limited to 'src/encoding')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/encoding/binary/binary.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/encoding/binary/binary.go b/src/encoding/binary/binary.go index a5694876a..b5a377430 100644 --- a/src/encoding/binary/binary.go +++ b/src/encoding/binary/binary.go @@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ // type (int8, uint8, int16, float32, complex64, ...) // or an array or struct containing only fixed-size values. // -// Varints are a method of encoding integers using one or more bytes; -// numbers with smaller absolute value take a smaller number of bytes. -// For a specification, see http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/encoding.html. +// The varint functions encode and decode single integer values using +// a variable-length encoding; smaller values require fewer bytes. +// For a specification, see +// http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/encoding.html. // // This package favors simplicity over efficiency. Clients that require // high-performance serialization, especially for large data structures, |