Commit cc7e11c9 authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

doc/go1: mention that regexp has changed

Also restore alphabetical order.

R=golang-dev, bradfitz
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5701053
parent e10dc82c
......@@ -1702,6 +1702,39 @@ Code that uses the old POSIX error values from the <code>os</code> package
will fail to compile and will also need to be updated by hand.
</p>
<h3 id="os_signal">The os/signal package</h3>
<p>
The <code>os/signal</code> package in Go 1 replaces the
<code>Incoming</code> function, which returned a channel
that received all incoming signals,
with the selective <code>Notify</code> function, which asks
for delivery of specific signals on an existing channel.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>:
Code must be updated by hand.
A literal translation of
</p>
<pre>
c := signal.Incoming()
</pre>
<p>
is
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c) // ask for all signals
</pre>
<p>
but most code should list the specific signals it wants to handle instead:
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT)
</pre>
<h3 id="path_filepath">The path/filepath package</h3>
<p>
......@@ -1747,38 +1780,19 @@ will need to be updated by hand.
The compiler will catch code using the old interface.
</p>
<h3 id="os_signal">The os/signal package</h3>
<h3 id="regexp">The regexp package</h3>
<p>
The <code>os/signal</code> package in Go 1 replaces the
<code>Incoming</code> function, which returned a channel
that received all incoming signals,
with the selective <code>Notify</code> function, which asks
for delivery of specific signals on an existing channel.
The <a href="/pkg/regexp/"><code>regexp</code></a> package has been rewritten.
It has the same interface but the specification of the regular expressions
it supports has changed from the old "egrep" form to that of
<a href="code.google.com/p/re2">RE2</a>.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>:
Code must be updated by hand.
A literal translation of
Code that uses the package should have its regular expressions checked by hand.
</p>
<pre>
c := signal.Incoming()
</pre>
<p>
is
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c) // ask for all signals
</pre>
<p>
but most code should list the specific signals it wants to handle instead:
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT)
</pre>
<h3 id="runtime">The runtime package</h3>
......
......@@ -1601,6 +1601,39 @@ Code that uses the old POSIX error values from the <code>os</code> package
will fail to compile and will also need to be updated by hand.
</p>
<h3 id="os_signal">The os/signal package</h3>
<p>
The <code>os/signal</code> package in Go 1 replaces the
<code>Incoming</code> function, which returned a channel
that received all incoming signals,
with the selective <code>Notify</code> function, which asks
for delivery of specific signals on an existing channel.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>:
Code must be updated by hand.
A literal translation of
</p>
<pre>
c := signal.Incoming()
</pre>
<p>
is
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c) // ask for all signals
</pre>
<p>
but most code should list the specific signals it wants to handle instead:
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT)
</pre>
<h3 id="path_filepath">The path/filepath package</h3>
<p>
......@@ -1632,38 +1665,19 @@ will need to be updated by hand.
The compiler will catch code using the old interface.
</p>
<h3 id="os_signal">The os/signal package</h3>
<h3 id="regexp">The regexp package</h3>
<p>
The <code>os/signal</code> package in Go 1 replaces the
<code>Incoming</code> function, which returned a channel
that received all incoming signals,
with the selective <code>Notify</code> function, which asks
for delivery of specific signals on an existing channel.
The <a href="/pkg/regexp/"><code>regexp</code></a> package has been rewritten.
It has the same interface but the specification of the regular expressions
it supports has changed from the old "egrep" form to that of
<a href="code.google.com/p/re2">RE2</a>.
</p>
<p>
<em>Updating</em>:
Code must be updated by hand.
A literal translation of
Code that uses the package should have its regular expressions checked by hand.
</p>
<pre>
c := signal.Incoming()
</pre>
<p>
is
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c) // ask for all signals
</pre>
<p>
but most code should list the specific signals it wants to handle instead:
</p>
<pre>
c := make(chan os.Signal)
signal.Notify(c, syscall.SIGHUP, syscall.SIGQUIT)
</pre>
<h3 id="runtime">The runtime package</h3>
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