From bf195bf4ebb89c0dd70e21cab0c8244cd4130f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:14:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify GC in structs example

Fixes #550
---
 examples/structs/structs.go   | 6 ++++--
 examples/structs/structs.hash | 4 ++--
 public/structs                | 8 +++++---
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/structs/structs.go b/examples/structs/structs.go
index d56c0aa60..f06b61dca 100644
--- a/examples/structs/structs.go
+++ b/examples/structs/structs.go
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ type person struct {
 
 // `newPerson` constructs a new person struct with the given name.
 func newPerson(name string) *person {
-	// You can safely return a pointer to local variable
-	// as a local variable will survive the scope of the function.
+	// Go is a garbage collected language; you can safely
+	// return a pointer to a local variable - it will only
+	// be cleaned up by the garbage collector when there
+	// are no active references to it.
 	p := person{name: name}
 	p.age = 42
 	return &p
diff --git a/examples/structs/structs.hash b/examples/structs/structs.hash
index 372123828..da28967d4 100644
--- a/examples/structs/structs.hash
+++ b/examples/structs/structs.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-80344041b9268370bb6c73190afb1269e26f52fe
-ex1J3oieEeo
+b50c1756bf9a2ea7f8853f7f7cb7a61d5efebfc3
+56SPo-L2nMN
diff --git a/public/structs b/public/structs
index 47089d0aa..78cc03f2b 100644
--- a/public/structs
+++ b/public/structs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ records.</p>
             
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-            <a href="https://go.dev/play/p/ex1J3oieEeo"><img title="Run code" src="play.png" class="run" /></a><img title="Copy code" src="clipboard.png" class="copy" />
+            <a href="https://go.dev/play/p/56SPo-L2nMN"><img title="Run code" src="play.png" class="run" /></a><img title="Copy code" src="clipboard.png" class="copy" />
           <pre class="chroma"><code><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="kn">package</span> <span class="nx">main</span></span></span></code></pre>
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@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ records.</p>
         
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           <td class="docs">
-            <p>You can safely return a pointer to local variable
-as a local variable will survive the scope of the function.</p>
+            <p>Go is a garbage collected language; you can safely
+return a pointer to a local variable - it will only
+be cleaned up by the garbage collector when there
+are no active references to it.</p>
 
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