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author | Wim <wim@42.be> | 2021-10-16 23:11:32 +0200 |
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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/modern-go/reflect2/README.md b/vendor/github.com/modern-go/reflect2/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6f968aab --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/modern-go/reflect2/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +# reflect2 + +[![Sourcegraph](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/modern-go/reflect2/-/badge.svg)](https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/modern-go/reflect2?badge) +[![GoDoc](http://img.shields.io/badge/go-documentation-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://godoc.org/github.com/modern-go/reflect2) +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/modern-go/reflect2.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/modern-go/reflect2) +[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/modern-go/reflect2/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/modern-go/reflect2) +[![rcard](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/modern-go/reflect2)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/modern-go/reflect2) +[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modern-go/reflect2/master/LICENSE) + +reflect api that avoids runtime reflect.Value cost + +* reflect get/set interface{}, with type checking +* reflect get/set unsafe.Pointer, without type checking +* `reflect2.TypeByName` works like `Class.forName` found in java + +[json-iterator](https://github.com/json-iterator/go) use this package to save runtime dispatching cost. +This package is designed for low level libraries to optimize reflection performance. +General application should still use reflect standard library. + +# reflect2.TypeByName + +```go +// given package is github.com/your/awesome-package +type MyStruct struct { + // ... +} + +// will return the type +reflect2.TypeByName("awesome-package.MyStruct") +// however, if the type has not been used +// it will be eliminated by compiler, so we can not get it in runtime +``` + +# reflect2 get/set interface{} + +```go +valType := reflect2.TypeOf(1) +i := 1 +j := 10 +valType.Set(&i, &j) +// i will be 10 +``` + +to get set `type`, always use its pointer `*type` + +# reflect2 get/set unsafe.Pointer + +```go +valType := reflect2.TypeOf(1) +i := 1 +j := 10 +valType.UnsafeSet(unsafe.Pointer(&i), unsafe.Pointer(&j)) +// i will be 10 +``` + +to get set `type`, always use its pointer `*type` + +# benchmark + +Benchmark is not necessary for this package. It does nothing actually. +As it is just a thin wrapper to make go runtime public. +Both `reflect2` and `reflect` call same function +provided by `runtime` package exposed by go language. + +# unsafe safety + +Instead of casting `[]byte` to `sliceHeader` in your application using unsafe. +We can use reflect2 instead. This way, if `sliceHeader` changes in the future, +only reflect2 need to be upgraded. + +reflect2 tries its best to keep the implementation same as reflect (by testing).
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