[go] spec: s/defined/declared/ in a handful of places (cleanup)
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spec: s/defined/declared/ in a handful of places (cleanup)
Use "declared" rather than "defined" where referring to a declaration
(rather than a type definition) is more appropriate.
Change-Id: I691b55e05fcdce489e45286c7a88cbd992e80e57
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diff --git a/doc/go_spec.html b/doc/go_spec.html
index dbc8942..c7b929c 100644
--- a/doc/go_spec.html
+++ b/doc/go_spec.html
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@
pointer to a defined type <code>T</code>, possibly followed by a list of type parameter
names <code>[P1, P2, …]</code> enclosed in square brackets.
<code>T</code> is called the receiver <i>base type</i>. A receiver base type cannot be
-a pointer or interface type and it must be defined in the same package as the method.
+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 its receiver base type and the method name
is visible only within <a href="#Selectors">selectors</a> for type <code>T</code>
or <code>*T</code>.
@@ -3410,7 +3410,7 @@
<p>
Function literals are <i>closures</i>: they may refer to variables
-defined in a surrounding function. Those variables are then shared between
+declared in a surrounding function. Those variables are then shared between
the surrounding function and the function literal, and they survive as long
as they are accessible.
</p>
@@ -8341,7 +8341,7 @@
</pre>
<p>
-Multiple such functions may be defined per package, even within a single
+Multiple such functions may be declared per package, even within a single
source file. In the package block, the <code>init</code> identifier can
be used only to declare <code>init</code> functions, yet the identifier
itself is not <a href="#Declarations_and_scope">declared</a>. Thus
@@ -8423,7 +8423,7 @@
<p>
It is the conventional interface for representing an error condition,
with the nil value representing no error.
-For instance, a function to read data from a file might be defined:
+For instance, a function to read data from a file might be declared:
</p>
<pre>
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