intern

package standard library

go1.20.10 Latest Latest Go to latest Published: Oct 10, 2023 License: BSD-3-Clause Imports: 4 Imported by: 0

Documentation ¶

Overview ¶

Package intern lets you make smaller comparable values by boxing a larger comparable value (such as a 16 byte string header) down into a globally unique 8 byte pointer.

The globally unique pointers are garbage collected with weak references and finalizers. This package hides that.

Index ¶

type Value
- func Get(cmpVal any) *Value
- func GetByString(s string) *Value
- func (v *Value) Get() any

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Types ¶

type Value ¶

type Value struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

A Value pointer is the handle to an underlying comparable value. See func Get for how Value pointers may be used.