Recognize loops of the form
for i := range a {
a[i] = zero
}
in which the evaluation of a is free from side effects.
Replace these loops with calls to memclr.
This occurs in the stdlib in 18 places.
The motivating example is clearing a byte slice:
benchmark old ns/op new ns/op delta
BenchmarkGoMemclr5 3.31 3.26 -1.51%
BenchmarkGoMemclr16 13.7 3.28 -76.06%
BenchmarkGoMemclr64 50.8 4.14 -91.85%
BenchmarkGoMemclr256 157 6.02 -96.17%
Update #5373.
Change-Id: I99d3e6f5f268e8c6499b7e661df46403e5eb83e4
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/2520
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
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