doc/go1.22: document changes to vet loopclosure analyzer

cmd/vet no longer reports loopclosure bugs within files built at GoVersion>=1.22. For golang#61422. Change-Id: I6f29373bb236822ece4e7ae35914859538b8d57b Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/551376 LUCI-TryBot-Result: Go LUCI <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Alan Donovan <[email protected]> Run-TryBot: Tim King <[email protected]> TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <[email protected]>
ezz-no · Feb 17, 2024 · 3e083fd · 3e083fd
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@@ -136,9 +136,20 @@ <h3 id="trace">Trace</h3>
 
 <h3 id="vet">Vet</h3>
 
-<!-- <p><\!-- CL 539016 -\-> -->
-<!--   TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/539016">https://go.dev/cl/539016</a>: go/analysis/passes/loopclosure: disable checker after go1.22.; loopclosure was modified to only not report in files with GoVersion after 1.22. -->
-<!-- </p> -->
+<h4 id="vet-loopclosure">References to loop variables</h4>
+
+<p><!-- CL 539016, https://go.dev/issue/63888: cmd/vet: do not report variable capture for loop variables with the new lifetime rules -->
+  The behavior of the <code>vet</code> tool has changed to match
+  the new semantics (see above) of loop variables in Go 1.22.
+  When analyzing a file that requires Go 1.22 or newer
+  (due to its go.mod file or a per-file build constraint),
+  <code>vet</code>code> no longer reports references to
+  loop variables from within a function literal that
+  might outlive the iteration of the loop.
+  In Go 1.22, loop variables are created anew for each iteration,
+  so such references are no longer at risk of using a variable
+  after it has been updated by the loop.
+</p>
 
 <h4 id="vet-appends">New warnings for missing values after append</h4>