1 // Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4 5 package strings
6 7 import (
8 "internal/stringslite"
9 )
10 11 // Clone returns a fresh copy of s.
12 // It guarantees to make a copy of s into a new allocation,
13 // which can be important when retaining only a small substring
14 // of a much larger string. Using Clone can help such programs
15 // use less memory. Of course, since using Clone makes a copy,
16 // overuse of Clone can make programs use more memory.
17 // Clone should typically be used only rarely, and only when
18 // profiling indicates that it is needed.
19 // For strings of length zero the string "" will be returned
20 // and no allocation is made.
21 func Clone(s []byte) []byte {
22 return stringslite.Clone(s)
23 }
24