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		ominous_prime 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go Optimization Guide It didn't, do what? I would consider the first 256 integers to be "small integers" ;) > Converting a small integer value into an interface value no longer causes allocation I forgot that it can also be used for single byte strings, That's not an optimization I ever encountered being useful, but it's there!

masklinn 8 months ago [–]

> It didn't, do what?

Reintroduce “packing into interfaces”.

It did a completely different thing. Small integers remain not inlined.

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