Consider an interface value i of type I and concrete value c of type C.
Prior to this CL, i==c was evaluated as
I(c) == i
Evaluating I(c) can allocate.
This CL changes the evaluation of i==c to
x, ok := i.(C); ok && x == c
The new generated code is shorter and does not allocate directly.
If C is small, as it is in every instance in the stdlib,
the new code also uses less stack space
and makes one runtime call instead of two.
If C is very large, the original implementation is used.
The cutoff for "very large" is 1<<16,
following the stack vs heap cutoff used elsewhere.
This kind of comparison occurs in 38 places in the stdlib,
mostly in the net and os packages.
benchmark old ns/op new ns/op delta
BenchmarkEqEfaceConcrete 29.5 7.92 -73.15%
BenchmarkEqIfaceConcrete 32.1 7.90 -75.39%
BenchmarkNeEfaceConcrete 29.9 7.90 -73.58%
BenchmarkNeIfaceConcrete 35.9 7.90 -77.99%
Fixes#9370.
Change-Id: I7c4555950bcd6406ee5c613be1f2128da2c9a2b7
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/2096
Reviewed-by: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Josh Bleecher Snyder <josharian@gmail.com>
