src/internal/bytealg/compare_generic.go

// Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// +build !386,!amd64,!s390x,!arm,!arm64,!ppc64,!ppc64le,!mips,!mipsle,!wasm,!mips64,!mips64le

package bytealg

import _ "unsafe" // for go:linkname

func Compare(a, b []byte) int {
	l := len(a)
	if len(b) < l {
		l = len(b)
	}
	if l == 0 || &a[0] == &b[0] {
		goto samebytes
	}
	for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
		c1, c2 := a[i], b[i]
		if c1 < c2 {
			return -1
		}
		if c1 > c2 {
			return +1
		}
	}
samebytes:
	if len(a) < len(b) {
		return -1
	}
	if len(a) > len(b) {
		return +1
	}
	return 0
}

//go:linkname runtime_cmpstring runtime.cmpstring
func runtime_cmpstring(a, b string) int {
	l := len(a)
	if len(b) < l {
		l = len(b)
	}
	for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
		c1, c2 := a[i], b[i]
		if c1 < c2 {
			return -1
		}
		if c1 > c2 {
			return +1
		}
	}
	if len(a) < len(b) {
		return -1
	}
	if len(a) > len(b) {
		return +1
	}
	return 0
}