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Russ Cox 613383c765 cmd/gc, runtime: treat slices and strings like pointers in garbage collection
Before, a slice with cap=0 or a string with len=0 might have its
base pointer pointing beyond the actual slice/string data into
the next block. The collector had to ignore slices and strings with
cap=0 in order to avoid misinterpreting the base pointer.

Now, a slice with cap=0 or a string with len=0 still has a base
pointer pointing into the actual slice/string data, no matter what.
The collector can now always scan the pointer, which means
strings and slices are no longer special.

Fixes #8404.

LGTM=khr, josharian
R=josharian, khr, dvyukov
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/112570044
2014-08-25 14:38:19 -04:00
Russ Cox b4e92cee97 cmd/gc: support x[i:j:k]
Design doc at golang.org/s/go12slice.
This is an experimental feature and may not be included in the release.

R=golang-dev, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/10743046
2013-07-01 20:32:36 -04:00