First, we can lift the enc.decodeMap nil check out of the loop.

Second, we can make it clear to the compiler that 'in := src[0]' doesn't
need a bounds check, by making len(src)==0 a single if check that always
stops the loop. This is by far the largest speed-up.

Third, we can use a dst slice index instead of reslicing dst, which
removes work from the loop body.

While at it, we can merge the two 'switch dlen' pieces of code, which
simplifies the code and doesn't affect performance.

name            old time/op    new time/op    delta
DecodeString-8    80.2µs ± 0%    67.5µs ± 0%  -15.81%  (p=0.002 n=6+6)

name            old speed      new speed      delta
DecodeString-8   163MB/s ± 0%   194MB/s ± 0%  +18.78%  (p=0.002 n=6+6)

Change-Id: Iefeaae94c03453f8760452b1da706a77b3522718
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/154422
Run-TryBot: Daniel Martí <mvdan@mvdan.cc>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>