// Copyright 2019 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package usermem

import (
	"unsafe"
)

// stringFromImmutableBytes is equivalent to string(bs), except that it never
// copies even if escape analysis can't prove that bs does not escape. This is
// only valid if bs is never mutated after stringFromImmutableBytes returns.
func stringFromImmutableBytes(bs []byte) string {
	// Compare strings.Builder.String().
	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&bs))
}