go []byte <-> string benchmark

bench_test.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"runtime"
	"testing"
	"unsafe"
)

func toBytes(s string) []byte {
	if len(s) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	return unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(s), len(s))
}

func toString(b []byte) string {
	if len(b) == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	return unsafe.String(unsafe.SliceData(b), len(b))
}

func toReflectBytes(s string) []byte {
	if len(s) == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	x := (*[2]uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
	h := [3]uintptr{x[0], x[1], x[1]}
	return *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&h))
}

func toReflectString(b []byte) string {
	if len(b) == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
}

func toK8sBytes(s string) []byte {
	return *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
}

func toK8sString(b []byte) string {
	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
}

func toRawBytes(s string) []byte {
	if len(s) == 0 {
		return nil
	}
	return []byte(s)
}

func toRawString(b []byte) string {
	if len(b) == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	return string(b)
}

var s = "hello, world"
var bts = []byte("hello, world")

func BenchmarkStringToBytesUnsafe(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toBytes(s)
	}
}

func BenchmarkBytesToStringUnsafe(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toString(bts)
	}
}

func BenchmarkStringToBytesReflect(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toReflectBytes(s)
	}
}

func BenchmarkBytesToStringReflect(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toReflectString(bts)
	}
}

func BenchmarkStringToBytesK8s(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toK8sBytes(s)
	}
}

func BenchmarkBytesToStringK8s(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toK8sString(bts)
	}
}

func BenchmarkStringToBytesRaw(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toRawBytes(s)
	}
}

func BenchmarkBytesToStringRaw(b *testing.B) {
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		toRawString(bts)
	}
}

func TestGC(t *testing.T) {
	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
		b := toBytes(s)
		runtime.GC()
		if b[11] != 'd' {
			t.Errorf("want %c, got %c", 'd', b[11])
		}

		ss := toString(bts)
		runtime.GC()
		if ss != s {
			t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", s, ss)
		}
	}

	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
		b := toReflectBytes(s)
		runtime.GC()
		if b[11] != 'd' {
			t.Errorf("want %c, got %c", 'd', b[11])
		}

		ss := toReflectString(bts)
		runtime.GC()
		if ss != s {
			t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", s, ss)
		}
	}

	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
		b := toK8sBytes(s)
		runtime.GC()
		if b[11] != 'd' {
			t.Errorf("want %c, got %c", 'd', b[11])
		}

		ss := toK8sString(bts)
		runtime.GC()
		if ss != s {
			t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", s, ss)
		}
	}

	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
		b := toRawBytes(s)
		runtime.GC()
		if b[11] != 'd' {
			t.Errorf("want %c, got %c", 'd', b[11])
		}

		ss := toRawString(bts)
		runtime.GC()
		if ss != s {
			t.Errorf("want %s, got %s", s, ss)
		}
	}
}

func Test_toK8sBytes(t *testing.T) {
	a := *(*[3]int64)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
	fmt.Printf("%d, %d, %d\n", a[0], a[1], a[2])

	b := *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
	fmt.Printf("%d, %d, %d\n", unsafe.SliceData(b), len(b), cap(b))

	b = append(b, '!')
}