Commit 5c7799f1 authored by Robert Griesemer's avatar Robert Griesemer

go: fix help text documenting example functions

R=adg, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5695062
parent e303eeb7
......@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ flags are also accessible by 'go test'. See 'go help testflag' for details.
See 'go help importpath' for more about import paths.
See also: go build, go vet.
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}
var helpTestflag = &Command{
......@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ here are passed through unaltered. For instance, the command
will compile the test binary and then run it as
pkg.test -test.v -test.cpuprofile=prof.out -dir=testdata -update
`,
`,
}
var helpTestfunc = &Command{
......@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ A benchmark function is one named BenchmarkXXX and should have the signature,
An example function is similar to a test function but, instead of using *testing.T
to report success or failure, prints output to os.Stdout and os.Stderr.
That output is compared against the function's doc comment.
An example without a doc comment is compiled but not executed.
That output is compared against the function's "Output:" comment, which
must be the last comment in the function body (see example below). An
example with no such comment, or with no text after "Output:" is compiled
but not executed.
Godoc displays the body of ExampleXXX to demonstrate the use
of the function, constant, or variable XXX. An example of a method M with
......@@ -179,8 +181,9 @@ where xxx is a suffix not beginning with an upper case letter.
Here is an example of an example:
func ExamplePrintln() {
Println("The output of this example function.")
// Output: The output of this example function.
Println("The output of\nthis example.")
// Output: The output of
// this example.
}
The entire test file is presented as the example when it contains a single
......@@ -188,7 +191,7 @@ example function, at least one other function, type, variable, or constant
declaration, and no test or benchmark functions.
See the documentation of the testing package for more information.
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}
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