From f71153278aac798f58c1aeb1d598fdaa0a2360f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:09:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] os: simplify WriteString It was working too hard.

R=golang-dev, adg
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4639081
---
 src/pkg/os/file.go | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file.go b/src/pkg/os/file.go
index 0e97e0bd93..1b8faec494 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/file.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/file.go
@@ -187,9 +187,7 @@ func (file *File) WriteString(s string) (ret int, err Error) {
 	if file == nil {
 		return 0, EINVAL
 	}
-	b := syscall.StringByteSlice(s)
-	b = b[0 : len(b)-1]
-	return file.Write(b)
+	return file.Write([]byte(s))
 }
 
 // Mkdir creates a new directory with the specified name and permission bits.