However, it does say "The new Buffer takes ownership of buf" - why would it do that if it were allocating a new buffer and taking a copy of the original?
The code has the answer, it's just a single line: https://golang.org/src/bytes/buffer.go?s=14279:14313#L440 func NewBuffer(buf []byte) *Buffer { return &Buffer{buf: buf} } ISTM that the Buffer object is simply using the buf you provided. I don't understand where the claim comes from that (a) it allocates a buffer, and (b) the allocated buffer is of size 4096 bytes. -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/8b8ca391-7fd2-4c55-94c1-44516a4cbfaao%40googlegroups.com.
