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authorRob Pike <r@golang.org>2011-02-12 18:03:16 -0800
committerRob Pike <r@golang.org>2011-02-12 18:03:16 -0800
commit86ff3d99ab0244874a1ab98cf5adaad3d9769db0 (patch)
treed3b77157d39f0ec75e77c216cf5c321e1868362d /doc/code.html
parent248d6ee7ff12e58a0a431ec7e93ee9664fceda3a (diff)
downloadgo-86ff3d99ab0244874a1ab98cf5adaad3d9769db0.tar.gz
code.html: update to reflect that package names need not be unique
Fixes issue 1507. R=golang-dev, ehog.hedge, rsc CC=golang-dev http://codereview.appspot.com/4160049
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@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ is the package's default name for imports.
Go's convention is that the package name is the last element of the
import path: the package imported as <code>"crypto/rot13"</code>
should be named <code>rot13</code>.
-At the moment, the Go tools impose a restriction that package names are unique
-across all packages linked into a single binary, but that restriction
-will be lifted soon.
+There is no requirement that package names be unique
+across all packages linked into a single binary,
+only that the import paths (their full file names) be unique.
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