Eliminating Go bound checks with unsafe
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Deep Go optimization technique; highly actionable for performance-critical code.
Summary
Go developers can use unsafe pointer arithmetic to eliminate bound checks the compiler cannot remove on hot paths, reducing instructions, branches, and cache pressure. The post demonstrates how conventional bound check elimination (BCE) works via range proofs like `i <= len(a)-8`, then shows unsafe techniques for cases where the compiler cannot prove safety. A real-world `matchLen` function example illustrates BCE-driven refactoring that removes redundant bounds checking in tight loops.
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Andrii