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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html index baa0ecf40..ca9e50203 100644 --- a/doc/go_spec.html +++ b/doc/go_spec.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!--{ "Title": "The Go Programming Language Specification", - "Subtitle": "Version of May 28, 2014", + "Subtitle": "Version of June 24, 2014", "Path": "/ref/spec" }--> @@ -2029,13 +2029,14 @@ and associates the method with the receiver's <i>base type</i>. <pre class="ebnf"> MethodDecl = "func" Receiver MethodName ( Function | Signature ) . -Receiver = "(" [ identifier ] [ "*" ] BaseTypeName ")" . -BaseTypeName = identifier . +Receiver = Parameters . </pre> <p> -The receiver type must be of the form <code>T</code> or <code>*T</code> where -<code>T</code> is a type name. The type denoted by <code>T</code> is called +The receiver is specified via an extra parameter section preceeding the method +name. That parameter section must declare a single parameter, the receiver. +Its type must be of the form <code>T</code> or <code>*T</code> (possibly using +parentheses) where <code>T</code> is a type name. The type denoted by <code>T</code> is called the receiver <i>base type</i>; it must not be a pointer or interface type and it must be declared in the same package as the method. The method is said to be <i>bound</i> to the base type and the method name |