Merge pull request JuliaLang#9373 from davidssmith/resize

explain resize! behavior; fixes JuliaLang#9313
jaak-s · Dec 16, 2014 · 27c9adb · 27c9adb
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diff --git a/doc/stdlib/base.rst b/doc/stdlib/base.rst
@@ -1278,7 +1278,9 @@ Dequeues
 
 .. function:: resize!(collection, n) -> collection
 
-   Resize collection to contain ``n`` elements.
+   Resize collection to contain ``n`` elements. If ``n`` is smaller than the current
+   collection length, the first ``n`` elements will be retained. If ``n`` is larger,
+   the new elements will not be initialized.
 
 .. function:: append!(collection, items) -> collection.