unix,windows,plan9: add Byte{Slice,Ptr}ToString functions

We already provide ByteSliceFromString and BytePtrFromString, and on
Windows we provide UTF16FromString, UTF16PtrFromString, UTF16ToString,
and UTF16PtrToString. So this commit fills in the remaining two
Byte-oriented functions: ByteSliceToString and BytePtrToString. Since
the existing two are available on windows, unix, and plan9, we add the
remaining two to the same places. This helps eliminate unsafe pointer
options in addition to triggering checkptr in Go 1.15, by eliminating
the use of prior idioms for these types of casts.

Change-Id: I85ae49f2756e142c2462fe8b2428216b6992e089
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/sys/+/263757
Run-TryBot: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
TryBot-Result: Go Bot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Trust: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
Trust: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
4 files changed
tree: a1a8e92afe27f958b3d9b6947bac2d771771ac40
  1. cpu/
  2. internal/
  3. plan9/
  4. unix/
  5. windows/
  6. .gitattributes
  7. .gitignore
  8. AUTHORS
  9. codereview.cfg
  10. CONTRIBUTING.md
  11. CONTRIBUTORS
  12. go.mod
  13. LICENSE
  14. PATENTS
  15. README.md
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