Add stringToBytes/bytesToString

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/unsafe.go b/unsafe.go
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+package furgit
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+// // stringToBytes converts a string to a byte slice without copying the string.
+// // Memory is borrowed from the string.
+// // The resulting byte slice must not be modified in any form.
+// func stringToBytes(s string) (bytes []byte) {
+// 	return unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(s), len(s)) //#nosec G103
+// }
+
+// bytesToString converts a byte slice to a string without copying the bytes.
+// Memory is borrowed from the byte slice.
+// The source byte slice must not be modified.
+func bytesToString(b []byte) string {
+	return unsafe.String(unsafe.SliceData(b), len(b)) //#nosec G103
+}