Update sdk/trace/tracer.go

Co-authored-by: Tyler Yahn <[email protected]>
open-telemetry · Aug 25, 2022 · c897c6c · c897c6c
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commit c897c6c
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/sdk/trace/tracer.go b/sdk/trace/tracer.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ var _ trace.Tracer = &tracer{}
 func (tr *tracer) Start(ctx context.Context, name string, options ...trace.SpanStartOption) (context.Context, trace.Span) {
 	config := trace.NewSpanStartConfig(options...)
 
-	// If ctx is nil, set to context.Background() as context.WithValue will panic on a nil value.
 	if ctx == nil {
+		// Prevent trace.ContextWithSpan from panicking.
 		ctx = context.Background()
 	}