Yes, we can't depend on the data at *p to remain constant. We need to snapshot it at the moment of the gostring call.
On Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 5:52:23 PM UTC-7, Kurtis Rader wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 5:32 PM Bill Morgan <arthurwil...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm a C programmer so maybe this is a dumb question but, why does this >> code in runtime/gostring.go allocate (rawstring) then copy data (memmove) >> instead of just making the stringStruct.str point at the incoming data? >> i.e. copy the pointer instead of allocating+copying data. >> > > Go strings are immutable: https://golang.org/ref/spec#String_types. > > -- > Kurtis Rader > Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > -- 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/67d83906-f6ac-4457-bb34-fb3cc1716197o%40googlegroups.com.
