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@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ Caveats The database uses a read-only, memory-mapped data file to ensure that applications cannot corrupt the database, however, this means that keys and values returned from Bolt cannot be changed. Writing to a read-only byte slice -will cause Go to panic. If you need to work with data returned from a Get() you -need to first copy it to a new byte slice. +will cause Go to panic. + +Keys and values retrieved from the database are only valid for the life of +the transaction. When used outside the transaction, these byte slices can +point to different data or can point to invalid memory which will cause a panic. + */ package bolt |