code review 144540044: fmt: document and fix the handling of precision for str...

fmt: document and fix the handling of precision for strings and byte slices
Previous behavior was undocumented and inconsistent. Now it is documented
and consistent and measures the input size, since that makes more sense
when talking about %q and %x. For %s the change has no effect.

Fixes issue 8151.

[r, 2014-09-24 21:09:16]

Hello golang-codereviews@googlegroups.com,

I'd like you to review this change to
https://code.google.com/p/go

[iant, 2014-09-24 21:20:43]

LGTM

[r, 2014-09-24 21:33:35]

*** Submitted as https://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=5cd2307cc287 ***

fmt: document and fix the handling of precision for strings and byte slices
Previous behavior was undocumented and inconsistent. Now it is documented
and consistent and measures the input size, since that makes more sense
when talking about %q and %x. For %s the change has no effect.

Fixes issue 8151.

LGTM=iant
R=golang-codereviews, iant
CC=golang-codereviews
https://codereview.appspot.com/144540044

[gobot, 2014-09-26 00:55:07]

This CL appears to have broken the linux-amd64-perf builder.
See http://build.golang.org/log/94925ade52662489a8f518095d5ef04ac04dae25