gin/internal/bytesconv/bytesconv.go
Andy Pan 982daeb1ec Use zero-copy approach to convert types between string and byte… (#2206)
* Use zero-copy approach to convert types between string and byte slice

* Rename argument to a eligible one

Benchmark:

BenchmarkBytesConvBytesToStrRaw-4   	21003800	        70.9 ns/op	      96 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkBytesConvBytesToStr-4      	1000000000	         0.333 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
BenchmarkBytesConvStrToBytesRaw-4   	18478059	        59.3 ns/op	      96 B/op	       1 allocs/op
BenchmarkBytesConvStrToBytes-4      	1000000000	         0.373 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op


Co-authored-by: Bo-Yi Wu <appleboy.tw@gmail.com>
2020-01-18 00:32:50 +08:00

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package bytesconv
import (
"reflect"
"unsafe"
)
// StringToBytes converts string to byte slice without a memory allocation.
func StringToBytes(s string) (b []byte) {
sh := *(*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
bh := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
bh.Data, bh.Len, bh.Cap = sh.Data, sh.Len, sh.Len
return b
}
// BytesToString converts byte slice to string without a memory allocation.
func BytesToString(b []byte) string {
return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
}