Commit 2c9e1637 authored by Robert Griesemer's avatar Robert Griesemer

go spec: inside functions, variables must be evaluated.

Fixes #1612.

R=r, rsc, iant, ken, remyoudompheng, ken, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5700068
parent b69fa69a
<!--{
"Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification",
"Subtitle": "Version of February 23, 2012"
"Subtitle": "Version of February 28, 2012"
}-->
<!--
......@@ -1832,6 +1832,13 @@ of the expression list.
If the type is absent and the corresponding expression evaluates to an
untyped <a href="#Constants">constant</a>, the type of the declared variable
is as described in §<a href="#Assignments">Assignments</a>.
</p>
<p>
Implementation restriction: A compiler may make it illegal to declare a variable
inside a <a href="#Function_declarations">function body</a> if the variable is
never used.
</p>
<h3 id="Short_variable_declarations">Short variable declarations</h3>
......@@ -1844,8 +1851,8 @@ ShortVarDecl = IdentifierList ":=" ExpressionList .
</pre>
<p>
It is a shorthand for a regular variable declaration with
initializer expressions but no types:
It is a shorthand for a regular <a href="#Variable_declarations">variable declaration</a>
with initializer expressions but no types:
</p>
<pre class="grammar">
......@@ -4238,7 +4245,9 @@ iteration variables as in an <a href="#Assignments">assignment statement</a>.
</p>
<p>
The iteration variables may be declared by the "range" clause (<code>:=</code>).
The iteration variables may be declared by the "range" using a form of
<a href="#Short_variable_declarations">short variable declaration</a>
(<code>:=</code>).
In this case their types are set to the types of the respective iteration values
and their <a href="#Declarations_and_scope">scope</a> ends at the end of the "for"
statement; they are re-used in each iteration.
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