I just read this issue thread: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/5373 and this https://codereview.appspot.com/137880043 which says:
for i := range a { a[i] = [zero val] } will be replaced with memclr. I made some benchmarks, but the results are disappointing. When the length of slice/array is very large, memclr is slower. Result BenchmarkMemclr_100-4 100000000 37.2 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_100-4 100000000 70.7 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_1000-4 20000000 351 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_1000-4 10000000 464 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_10000-4 1000000 3623 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_10000-4 1000000 4940 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_100000-4 100000 49230 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_100000-4 100000 58761 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_200000-4 50000 98165 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_200000-4 50000 115833 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_300000-4 30000 170617 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_300000-4 20000 190193 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_400000-4 20000 275676 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_400000-4 20000 288729 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_500000-4 10000 410280 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_500000-4 10000 416195 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_1000000-4 5000 1025504 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_1000000-4 5000 1012198 ns/op BenchmarkMemclr_2000000-4 2000 2071861 ns/op BenchmarkLoop_2000000-4 2000 2032703 ns/op test code: package main import "testing" func memclr(a []int) { for i := range a { a[i] = 0 } } func memsetLoop(a []int, v int) { for i := range a { a[i] = v } } var i = 0 func BenchmarkMemclr_100(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 100) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_100(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 100) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_1000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 1000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_1000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 1000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_10000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 10000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_10000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 10000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_100000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 100000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_100000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 100000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_200000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 200000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_200000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 200000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_300000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 300000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_300000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 300000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_400000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 400000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_400000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 400000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_500000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 500000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_500000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 500000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_1000000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 1000000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_1000000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 1000000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } func BenchmarkMemclr_2000000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 2000000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memclr(a) } } func BenchmarkLoop_2000000(b *testing.B) { var a = make([]int, 2000000) b.ResetTimer() for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ { memsetLoop(a, i) } } -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.