From bc89e8c575be08ef261a4d76db14f7f65a6da923 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 16:44:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] time: A Timer must be properly created before use
 (documentation).

Fixes #8776.

LGTM=bradfitz
R=rsc, bradfitz
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/145710043
---
 src/time/sleep.go | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/time/sleep.go b/src/time/sleep.go
index 33c349de46..61660d14ff 100644
--- a/src/time/sleep.go
+++ b/src/time/sleep.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func stopTimer(*runtimeTimer) bool
 // The Timer type represents a single event.
 // When the Timer expires, the current time will be sent on C,
 // unless the Timer was created by AfterFunc.
+// A Timer must be created with NewTimer or AfterFunc.
 type Timer struct {
 	C <-chan Time
 	r runtimeTimer