diff -r db4911b0c721 -r 445e01aede7e vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect/value_union.go --- a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect/value_union.go Tue Aug 23 22:33:28 2022 +0200 +++ b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect/value_union.go Tue Aug 23 22:39:43 2022 +0200 @@ -41,6 +41,32 @@ // Converting to/from a Value and a concrete Go value panics on type mismatch. // For example, ValueOf("hello").Int() panics because this attempts to // retrieve an int64 from a string. +// +// List, Map, and Message Values are called "composite" values. +// +// A composite Value may alias (reference) memory at some location, +// such that changes to the Value updates the that location. +// A composite value acquired with a Mutable method, such as Message.Mutable, +// always references the source object. +// +// For example: +// +// // Append a 0 to a "repeated int32" field. +// // Since the Value returned by Mutable is guaranteed to alias +// // the source message, modifying the Value modifies the message. +// message.Mutable(fieldDesc).(List).Append(protoreflect.ValueOfInt32(0)) +// +// // Assign [0] to a "repeated int32" field by creating a new Value, +// // modifying it, and assigning it. +// list := message.NewField(fieldDesc).(List) +// list.Append(protoreflect.ValueOfInt32(0)) +// message.Set(fieldDesc, list) +// // ERROR: Since it is not defined whether Set aliases the source, +// // appending to the List here may or may not modify the message. +// list.Append(protoreflect.ValueOfInt32(0)) +// +// Some operations, such as Message.Get, may return an "empty, read-only" +// composite Value. Modifying an empty, read-only value panics. type Value value // The protoreflect API uses a custom Value union type instead of interface{} @@ -367,6 +393,7 @@ // ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════╝ // // A MapKey is constructed and accessed through a Value: +// // k := ValueOf("hash").MapKey() // convert string to MapKey // s := k.String() // convert MapKey to string //