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diff --git a/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/doc.go b/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/doc.go index da4ab89fe..b2a0b7c6a 100644 --- a/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/doc.go +++ b/vendor/golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/doc.go @@ -5,12 +5,32 @@ /* Package packages loads Go packages for inspection and analysis. -The Load function takes as input a list of patterns and return a list of Package -structs describing individual packages matched by those patterns. -The LoadMode controls the amount of detail in the loaded packages. - -Load passes most patterns directly to the underlying build tool, -but all patterns with the prefix "query=", where query is a +The [Load] function takes as input a list of patterns and returns a +list of [Package] values describing individual packages matched by those +patterns. +A [Config] specifies configuration options, the most important of which is +the [LoadMode], which controls the amount of detail in the loaded packages. + +Load passes most patterns directly to the underlying build tool. +The default build tool is the go command. +Its supported patterns are described at +https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Package_lists_and_patterns. + +Load may be used in Go projects that use alternative build systems, by +installing an appropriate "driver" program for the build system and +specifying its location in the GOPACKAGESDRIVER environment variable. +For example, +https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/wiki/Editor-and-tool-integration +explains how to use the driver for Bazel. +The driver program is responsible for interpreting patterns in its +preferred notation and reporting information about the packages that +they identify. +(See driverRequest and driverResponse types for the JSON +schema used by the protocol. +Though the protocol is supported, these types are currently unexported; +see #64608 for a proposal to publish them.) + +Regardless of driver, all patterns with the prefix "query=", where query is a non-empty string of letters from [a-z], are reserved and may be interpreted as query operators. @@ -35,7 +55,7 @@ The Package struct provides basic information about the package, including - Imports, a map from source import strings to the Packages they name; - Types, the type information for the package's exported symbols; - Syntax, the parsed syntax trees for the package's source code; and - - TypeInfo, the result of a complete type-check of the package syntax trees. + - TypesInfo, the result of a complete type-check of the package syntax trees. (See the documentation for type Package for the complete list of fields and more detailed descriptions.) @@ -64,7 +84,7 @@ reported about the loaded packages. See the documentation for type LoadMode for details. Most tools should pass their command-line arguments (after any flags) -uninterpreted to the loader, so that the loader can interpret them +uninterpreted to [Load], so that it can interpret them according to the conventions of the underlying build system. See the Example function for typical usage. */ |