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Diffstat (limited to 'libgo/go/encoding/json/decode.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | libgo/go/encoding/json/decode.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libgo/go/encoding/json/decode.go b/libgo/go/encoding/json/decode.go index 77fc4607dba..420a07e1549 100644 --- a/libgo/go/encoding/json/decode.go +++ b/libgo/go/encoding/json/decode.go @@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ import ( ) // Unmarshal parses the JSON-encoded data and stores the result -// in the value pointed to by v. +// in the value pointed to by v. If v is nil or not a pointer, +// Unmarshal returns an InvalidUnmarshalError. // // Unmarshal uses the inverse of the encodings that // Marshal uses, allocating maps, slices, and pointers as necessary, @@ -78,7 +79,9 @@ import ( // or if a JSON number overflows the target type, Unmarshal // skips that field and completes the unmarshaling as best it can. // If no more serious errors are encountered, Unmarshal returns -// an UnmarshalTypeError describing the earliest such error. +// an UnmarshalTypeError describing the earliest such error. In any +// case, it's not guaranteed that all the remaining fields following +// the problematic one will be unmarshaled into the target object. // // The JSON null value unmarshals into an interface, map, pointer, or slice // by setting that Go value to nil. Because null is often used in JSON to mean |