bytes.Copy

R=rsc
DELTA=38  (38 added, 0 deleted, 0 changed)
OCL=29895
CL=29895

src/lib/Make.deps

 bignum.install: fmt.install
 bufio.install: io.install os.install utf8.install
+bytes.install: utf8.install
 container/list.install:
 container/vector.install:
 crypto/aes.install: os.install

src/lib/Makefile

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ GC=6g
 DIRS=\
 	bignum\
 	bufio\
+	bytes\
 	container/list\
 	container/vector\
 	crypto/aes\

src/lib/bytes/bytes.go

@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ func Equal(a, b []byte) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// Copy copies the source to the destination, stopping when the source
+// is all transferred.  The caller must guarantee that there is enough
+// room in the destination.
+func Copy(dst, src []byte) {
+	for i, x := range src {
+		dst[i] = x
+	}
+}
+
 // Explode splits s into an array of UTF-8 sequences, one per Unicode character (still arrays of bytes).
 // Invalid UTF-8 sequences become correct encodings of U+FFF8.
 func Explode(s []byte) [][]byte {

src/lib/bytes/bytes_test.go

@@ -128,3 +128,30 @@ func TestSplit(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+type CopyTest struct {
+	a	string;
+	b	string;
+	res	string;
+}
+var copytests = []CopyTest {
+	CopyTest{ "", "", "" },
+	CopyTest{ "a", "", "a" },
+	CopyTest{ "a", "a", "a" },
+	CopyTest{ "a", "b", "b" },
+	CopyTest{ "xyz", "abc", "abc" },
+	CopyTest{ "wxyz", "abc", "abcz" },
+}
+
+func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	for i := 0; i < len(copytests); i++ {
+		tt := copytests[i];
+		dst := io.StringBytes(tt.a);
+		Copy(dst, io.StringBytes(tt.b));
+		result := string(dst);
+		if result != tt.res {
+			t.Errorf(`Copy("%s", "%s") = "%s"; want "%s"`, tt.a, tt.b, result, tt.res);
+			continue;
+		}
+	}
+}